Hollywood really tweaks people’s perceptions and expectations. It’s endlessly fascinating the extent to which that continues to happen. Since the 1920s, when motionRead More
Saturdays: Bad Luck for the Martinets
Saturday evening, 15th November 1890, promised to be a typical one. Pierre François Hyppolite MARTINET (picture, facing left), Pierre NECTOUX, and Alexandre FAUCHEUX,Read More
Colonial Treasurer-General of New Orleans Sued by Vicar-General
In 1738, the owner of two of my 5th great-grandparents, Sorlingue and Thérèse, the colonial treasurer of New Orleans, Mr. LOQUET, Sieur deRead More
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