DEAR JOHN, JOHN & DAN, (williams research center) +HISTORIC N.O. COLLECT.+ >so many thanks for the plethora of +NEW ORLEANS LARGESSE+ >you three scholars provided my +CREOLE HEART+ >see below for my initial report and WILL SEND EXPANDED VIEWS AS MY JETLAG SUBSIDES. >we enjoyed meeting mary lou christovich and wonder >IF YOU KNOW A NEW ORLEANS HISTORY SCHOLAR WHO ALSO (correspondent) >IS AN ARDENT OF FRENCH CULTURE / HISTORY >i have discovered fascinating historical data regarding the degruy french >HISTORY IN CHAMPAGNE AND (brienne/charney/virgy) >GRUYERES, FAMILIES SHROUD/ (five crusades passion) +HOLY GRAIL TEMPLARS+ >(the 1st count of gruyere founded +ROUGEMOUNT MONESTARY+ (tie with clairvaux, early +PRINTING PRESS+ >upon return from the 1st crusade) >ROSICRUCION/FREEMASON (priory of sion/ormus) >TEMPLAR TIE WITH SAINT BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX is a powerful historical +COMPREHENSION+ >(clairvaux close to the degruy (TEMPLAR ORIGIN) >chateau @ magny fouchard) >RENNES LE CHATEAU/"SHEPHERDS OF ARCADIA" A VERY IMPORTANT >apocalypse for degruy history. >READ THE PICKNET & PRINCE BOOKS (especially "the sion revelation" >ARCADIA BOOKSHOP< >and you will joyfully find that (my gift to you !) >IT WAS THE AMERICAN >LAWRENCE< FAMILY WHO OWNED THE TOMB +IN THE POUSSIN PAINTING+ >(note: russle desmond studied (GREAT INSIGHT BUT W/O E-MAIL) >poussin in the languedoc) >cheers of radiance for you MY DEAR FRIENDS ! (see message gene below) eugene ray architect professor emeritus / san diego, california -----Original Message----- From: Eugene Ray Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 12:18 PM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: MERCI BEAU COUP /GRATITUDE / thanks to those generous souls & cousins who made ourpilgrimage WEST INDIES VIA NEW ORLEANS A TRANSCENDENT EXPERIENCE ! >THANKS TO COUSIN NEAL AND LORRAINE PENDLETON FOR >GENEROUS FRIENDSHIP ! >driving us all over & sharing their radiant creole loving spirit. in return i showed them my favorite... (heroic, dakin) >BELLE HELENE PLANTATION AT GEISMAR A GREAT TREASURE. +THANKS TO DEAR JOHN LAWRENCE+ long time friend and executive of HISTORIC NEW ORLEANS +C O L L E C T I O N+ >greatest archive / treasure of our +HERITAGE ON THIS EARTH+ >if you have something valuable to leave posterity +THIS IS THE BEST PLACE+ +SECURITY & SCHOLARSHIP+ >an overlooked value of katrina is >WHICH ARCHIVES SURVIVED< >THE STORM THE BEST< +HNOC SCHOLARSHIP+ +WILLIAMS RESEARCH CENTER+ >the superb scholarship of john and his talented associates +JOHN T. MAGILL+ and +DANIEL HAMMER+ >provided us a wealth of transcendent VERLOIN deGRUY INFORMATION in relation to.... 1) MAPS OF EARLY deGRUY / FOUCHER (our intermarried families) / SAULET / LA CROIX / DREUX / FAZANDE / MOSSY etc. +SUGAR PLANTATIONS+ A) especially jean baptiste valentin verloin degruy plantation (1798 ORIGIN) >along bayou barataria B) plantation of dusuau de la croix below new orleans , west bank across from the chalmette battlefield. ( 1815 ) >this map also shows the degruy sugar plantation across from napolion ave., saulet plantation in the future lower garden district and the dreux plantation in gentilly >I SHALL REPORT IN DETAIL ABOUT THESE VALUABLE MAPS (there is much else to expand on) 2 ) KNIGHTS TEMPLAR / FREEMASON ACTIVITY IN NEW ORLEANS. just as i expected, there was much >TEMPLAR / FREMASON INFLUENCE IN NEW ORLEANS CREOLE HISTORY IN THE FRENCH COLONIAL PERIOD. >the degruy devotion to these interests in the french champagne region of the 17th & 18th centuries and earlier in the swiss gruyere +HAD TO CARRY FORWARD IN OUR+ +NEW ORLEANS HISTORY+ (especially in the round degruy (HNOC COLLECTION) >sugar mill of latrobe's sketches) +GENETIC MEMORY+ >plus my own career of designing (LSU LIBRARY ARCHIVES) >round buildings in louisiana and later in california. +FURTHER PERSONAL GRATITUDE+ >MUST BE EXTENDED TO OTHER KIND >FRIENDS AND COUSINS. 1) GEORGIA CHADWICK : director of the law library of louisiana / louisiana supreme court in the vieux carre >WHOSE SCHOLARLY GENEROSITY +KNOCKED MY SOCKS OFF+ >in a few hours after russel desmond had introduced us she put together a very impressive dossier regarding my great grandfather, john ray louisiana lawyer/legislator planter & rail developer. +SYNCHRONICITY+ in addition to giving me copies of >MATHEW BRADY'S PHOTOGRAPH (library of congress archive) >OF JOHN RAY OF LOUISIANA. >georgia chadwick's john ray biographs allowed me to realise that my other great grandfather charles cavaroc >MUST HAVE EMPLOYED RAY'S LEGAL TALENT IN CIVIL WAR REPARATION (i have documenta on this) >APPEALS @ THE FEDERAL LEVEL. >also probably the railroad line (CAVAROC BIOGRAPH) >through st. bernard parish. >(RAY EARNED THE PATRONAGE OF (appleton's cyclopedia of american biography) >THE FRENCH CREOLE CITIZENRY) >ironically my other great grandfather james verloin degruy died @ his desk as officer of am. sugar ref. +IN THE CAVAROC HOUSE !+ 2) ARLENE MITCHELL : of mobile who (ARTS AND LITERARY PATRON) >synchronistically sat next to us on the miami-new orleans plane >KNOWS TALENTED VERLOIN deGRUY COUSINS OF MOBILE AND GLENN HAS ALREADY SENT A KIND E-MAIL. >(glenn crafted arlene's dining table which she values tremendously) 3) MARY LOUISE CHRISTOVICH : great and admired new orleans driving force (DEVOTED WRITER/EDITOR) >of the oh so valuable treasure : "NEW ORLEANS ARCHITECTURE" ( this series should be in every library) >THANKS TO MARY LOU FOR SHARING HER deGRUY FAMILY RESEARCH AT (dufouchard/layssard/ mossy, (her descent) >LUNCH ON THAT WONDERFUL NAPOLION HOUSE PATIO. more later.... all best gene eugene ray, san diego, california