+NEW ORLEANS was WONDERFUL+ heat/seeds/soil/rain/light/love +2010-1739=271 YEARS+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 271 YEARS OUR MEROVINGIAN BLOOD HAS BEEN EXPOSED TO 95 DEGREES (it was 100 degrees in dallas when we visited walker) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >OF TROPIC SUMMER HEAT & RAIN >(animated by mosquitoes in the radiant days of our childhood) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +I LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF IT AS WE+ >(remember >everything< is made >up of multi-energy vibrations) +SOAKED UP ALL THOSE VIBRATIONS+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +THE OLD CITY SPEAKS TO US+ (my art & architecture especially) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >yes i remember the white shell back streets w/ camphor berry trees and mule drawn garbage trucks near... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >(SYNCHRONISTICALLY THIS HAD BEEN OUR COUTURIER +PLANTATION LAND+) ^^^^^^^^^^^ >4536 s. johnson street where my ray-degruy grandparents lived. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >GOOD FRIEND GEORGIA CHADWICK (director of the la. law library) >DROVE US TO TULANE AFTER A scrumptious lunch at +"LA PETITE GROCERY"+ (truly marvelous) ^^^^^^^^^^ >(tulane president cowin dining at the next table w/ many ladies.) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >NO I DIDN'T TELL HIM WE HAD NOT BEEN FULLY PAID FOR (foucher family heirs) +TULANE-LOYOLA LAND+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +SEARCH FOR FOUCHER TRACEs+ >our quest at the tulane library archive for foucher de circe plantation info. was only rewarded by two books ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +NEITHER WHICH HAD PRE-PAUL+ (rather amazingly) +TULANE UNIV. LAND HISTORY+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >(it took the diligent effort of john lawrence & daniel hammer to +HISTORIC N.O. COLLECT.+ >provide us with those charts.) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >NOTE: YOU MUST READ THE GAYARRE ACCOUNT OF LIFE ON THE FOUCHER (harpers magazine 19 c. extract) deBORE PLANTATIONS TO ENVISION HOW IMPORTANT THAT LOCUS WAS. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >(i forgot to mention the cotton exposition of the 1880s was >constructed there also.) +READ LAFCADIO HEARN ACCOUNT+ (first electric lights in new orleans) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >(great drawing illustrations are found in "n.o. architecture-the +"THE FOUCHER TRACT"+ (by h.s. irvin) >university section" vol viii) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >pierre foucher is listed as acquiring the 12 1/2 arpent plantation in 1793 (part of it from his wife's (FRANCISCA de BORE) >nephew, yes, charles gayarre. (later, in the year 1825) +OBSERVATION+ >this history indicates the close knit interface of the foucher/debore/ +MEROVINGIAN BLOOD+ >gayarre/marigny/degruy clan in 19th century new orleans. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >+1793 ALSO COINCIDES W/ THE+... 1) construction of the degruy sugar mill across the river & ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 2) the arrival of grand mason & +REVOLUTION REFUGEES+ >future king, louis phillipe. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >TO OUR NEXT DOOR RELATIVES >(st. louis medal winner & former king's musketeer) >ETIENNE deBORE'S PLANTATION ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >can you imagine the excitement as bernard marigny was compelled to >NEVER REPAID, BUT IT< +LATER OPENED DOORS+ >lend the royals plenty of cash< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >CREOLES LIKE GAYARRE, FOUCHER MARIGNY & deGRUY BENEFITED ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >(unfortunately, gayarre later (FAYE PHILLIPS INFO) >destroyed his paris records) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +AFTER OUR TULANE VISIT+ marianne and i took the st. charles ave. street car back to the vieux carre. +STARTING @ FOUCHER LAND+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +PASSING COUTURIER LAND+ with the ray/degruy residnce located passing the lloyd a. ray residence on st. charles ave. and my old 5000 pitt street residence. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +PASSING SAULET LAND+ >my aunts old foucher st. apartment locus nearby plus their whol apt. +STANTON MANOR+ (their later happy abode) >building next to pontchartrain hotel ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +PASSING MY GARDEN DISTRICT+ >google for memoire< +OFFICE ON SECOND STREET+ (a very beautiful gothic creole poetry milieu) ^^^^^^^^^^^ +ULTIMATE OF CREOLE GOTHIC+ >passing old orange street w/ its +ROTTING CREOLE HOUSE,+ +CAR & DERANGED FAMILY HEIR+ (waiting w/ pistol for burglars wanting his ancient silver) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ google.com (search) >EUGENE RAY / DEGRUY +HOUSE IN ORANGE STREET+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ gene ray, san diego, california