. The story of some French refugees and their "Azilum," 1793-1800. ll of the fas-cinating letters of Louis Paul, teeming alwayswith good advice to the younger brothers, andsometimes showing an amusing ignorance ofYankee ways. Alexander had no sooner settled permanentlythan he wished to build a distillery for the manu-facture of whiskey. Louis Paul thought a sawmill, flour mill or the manufacture of saltpeterwiser, and seemed to be somewhat concernedabout wiske drinking. He writes: Above all,- dear mama, see that Alexander does not makeuse of wiske the first year. I am told that the use of this
. The story of some French refugees and their "Azilum," 1793-1800. ll of the fas-cinating letters of Louis Paul, teeming alwayswith good advice to the younger brothers, andsometimes showing an amusing ignorance ofYankee ways. Alexander had no sooner settled permanentlythan he wished to build a distillery for the manu-facture of whiskey. Louis Paul thought a sawmill, flour mill or the manufacture of saltpeterwiser, and seemed to be somewhat concernedabout wiske drinking. He writes: Above all,- dear mama, see that Alexander does not makeuse of wiske the first year. I am told that the use of thisnewly distilled liquor will give one epileptic attacks. Mme. dAutremont was probably born atEtampe, as the dOhet estate is situated possessed a house at Dampiere, which mayhave been where she resided with her husband. Like a true French woman she was very fondof dress, and, even in her log house in the wilder-ness, she made her toilette several times a day,always donning full dress in the evening. She preserved many interesting letters, papers —90—.
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