+FRANCOIS MIGNON+ >was the persona that i met at melrose plantation in the mid 1960s whose real name was frank verbooy mineah, born in cortland new york, may, 9, 1899. >YOU CAN READ THE LIST OF FRANCOIS +MIGNON DOCUMENTS HELD BY (special collections) >NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY & THEIR VIEW OF HIS LIFE VIA : W.W.W. ************************** >(google: "eugene ray letters to francois mignon" to find an outline of his life & their holdings. my letters @ #62 in the R section. ******************** >FRANCOIS HAD A LARGE AMOUNT OF LETTERS AS HE WROTE A SERIES ( plantation memo ) >OF NEWSPAPER ARTICLES FOR VARIOUS LOUISIANA PAPERS. ******************************* >these articles have been collected into a book published by CLAITERS, baton rouge that i >highly recommend< ********************************** "PLANTATION MEMO" (plantation life in louisiana) *************************** >WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH A REAL INSIGHT INTO THE PLANTATION (poetic, organic, touching ) +WORLD OF FRANCOIS MIGNON. ( a "must" louisiana read ) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ NOTE: only degruy couson norman marmillion at laura plantation can approach the beauty of **************************** >LOUISIANA FRENCH AFRICAN PLANTATION CULTURAL POETIC RADIANCE ****************** +CREOLE WEST INDIAN+ +TROPIC SYNDROME+ ******************** >that francois mignon created at melrose plantation in the 1960s ********************************* ALSO >read my previous piece about francois mignon at melrose... DEGRUY L. ARCHIVES, >EUGENE RAY @ MELROSE PLANTATION "CREOLE MAGIC", jan, 18, 2007 ****************************** >and read lyle saxons book... "LOUISIANA STORIES" pelican publishing co. chapter on the "CANE RIVER" P.S, IN 1796 THE ORIGINAL MAP FOR MELROSE PLANTATION SHOWED THE OWNER AS........ +FRANCOIS LE COMPTE+ and later +AMBROSE LE COMPTE+ *********************** gene ray, san diego, california (google) eugenerayart.com