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Page 131 - Resolved, That a committee of five be appointed by the Chair to confer with the committee of the' United Daughters of the Confederacy, and if agreeable, act in conjunction with said .committee in accomplishing the desired end.
Page 144 - ' Resolved, that the clerk of the corporation be requested to transmit a copy of these resolutions to the family of the deceased.
Page 104 - SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the senate and house of representatives of the state of Louisiana...
Page 35 - Louisville, where he expected to find his wife and his parents-in-law. My two boats, which I had left under the charge of Hollander, were to meet me at the same place. We had scarcely finished our breakfast, at Limestone, when Audubon, all at once, sprang to his feet, and exclaimed, in French, " Now I am going to lay the foundation of my establishment.
Page 71 - Mississippi there were forests to be cut down in order to cultivate the fertile land deposited by the great river ; the turbulent waters of that river were to be held in their bed by strong embankments, and the hostile Natchez and Chickasaws had to be subdued. It was only then that the work of civilization could be begun, and the admirable culture of the French could be extended to the Mississippi Valley. The future of New Orleans was predicted in 1722 by Father Charlevoix, who said that the place...
Page 143 - Rost and Isaac T. Preston, Associate Justices. On motion of Jno. R. Grymes, Esq., on behalf of Isaac Johnson, Attorney General of this State : It is ordered that the following proceedings of a meeting of the members of the Bar, held yesterday, on the occasion of the decease of Henry Clay, be spread upon the minutes of the Court, viz : At a meeting of the members of the Bar of New Orleans, held in the Supreme Court room on Thursday, July 1st, to render homage to the memory of Henry Clay, on motion...
Page 31 - Nov.lGth, 1910. In response to the request that I should give some of my reminiscences of Mr. Audubon, I beg your indulgence while I endeavor to give you something of interest on this subject. To elucidate one point in his history which for a long time was questionable, I begin with extracts from the Autobiography of Mr. Audubon, addressed to his sons, which was discovered after his death among his papers (without date), and which but few have read. He says : ' ' The precise period of my birth is...
Page 122 - Gill gave notice in writing of a proposed amendment to Article II of the Constitution, by adding Section 3, to read as follows: Section 3. Meetings of the Society shall be held on the 8th of January, as provided in Section 2, and on the third Wednesday of February, March, April, November and December. Special meetings shall be called by the President at the request of the Executive Committee or five members. The Society then adjourned to attend the public meeting in Washington Artillery Hall in honor...
Page 105 - That all laws or parts of laws contrary to the provisions of this Act be and the same are hereby repealed, and this Act shall take effect from and after its passage.
Page 45 - In 1798 he had the honor of receiving and entertaining with great solemnity and magnificence the Duke of Orleans (later Louis Philippe de France), and his two brothers, the Duke of Montpensier and the Count of Beaujolais. Pierre Philippe de Marigny died at his country home May 14th, 1800. His body was transferred to the home of Mrs. Dn. Andres Almonester, whence it was interred in the St. Louis Cathedral. His funeral notice was as follows : Messieurs et Dames: Vous etes pries d'assister au convoi...