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Charles Gayarré

Charles-Étienne Arthur Gayarré (January 9, 1805 – February 11, 1895) was an American historian, attorney, slaveowner and politician born to a Spanish and French Creole planter family in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was a Confederate sympathizer and white supremacist.[1][2]

Charles Gayarré
Secretary of State of Louisiana
In office
1845–1853
GovernorAlexandre Mouton
Isaac Johnson
Joseph M. Walker
Preceded byZenon Ledoux
Succeeded byAndrew Herron
Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
In office
1856–1857
In office
1844–1846
In office
1830–1831
Personal details
Born(1805-01-09)January 9, 1805
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
DiedFebruary 11, 1895(1895-02-11) (aged 90)
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Political partyJacksonian (1834–1844)
Democratic (1844–1895)
SpouseSarah Sullivan
EducationCollege d'Orléans
Signature

Within his authorship of plays, essays, and novels, Gayarré wrote histories of Louisiana and an exposé of U.S. Army general James Wilkinson as a Spanish spy.[3]

Family life edit

The grandson of Étienne de Boré, New Orlean's first mayor who introduced cultivation of indigo and sugarcane to the area, Charles Gayarré was born at the Boré plantation, which was then outside the city limits of New Orleans. (It has long been incorporated into the city as Audubon Park.) His paternal grandfather, Don Esteban de Gayarré, arrived in the area with Spanish Governor Antonio de Ulloa after France ceded it to Spain, and had been comptroller of the province of Louisiana. His other maternal grandfather was the former colonial treasurer under the French and master of Destrehan Plantation, which was involved in a suppressed slave revolt when Charles was a boy. After studying at the College d'Orléans Gayarré began in 1826 legal studies in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

On January 28, 1856, Gayarré married Sarah Anne (Shadie) Sullivan (1820–1914) in Lowndes County, Mississippi. In the 1860 census, he owned about a dozen slaves.[4] His only child was the son of Delphine Le Maitre, a slave in his household when Gayarré was twenty-one years old. The child was also named Charles Gayarré and was baptized in the St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans.[5]

Career edit

In 1825, Gayarré published a pamphlet criticizing changes that Edward Livingston proposed in the Louisiana Criminal Code, particularly with respect to capital punishment (the fate of nearly 100 recaptured slaves during the 1811 German Coast revolt when he was a child).[3] He then traveled to Philadelphia for his legal studies, and was admitted to the Pennsylvania bar in 1829.

In 1830, upon returning to New Orleans, Gayarré was elected a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, and the leadership asked him to draft an address complimenting the French legislators during the Revolution of 1830. In 1831, after admission to the Louisiana bar, Gayarré became his state's Deputy Attorney General. In 1833, he became presiding judge of the city court of New Orleans. In 1834, he was elected as a Jackson Democrat to the United States Senate. However, he resigned, citing health reasons, before taking his seat. For the next eight years, Gayarré traveled in Europe and collected historical material from France and Spain.[6] Some of the historical documents that he used were written by his ancestor, Esteban de Gayarré.

In 1844–1845 and in 1856–1857, he again served as a Democratic Party member of the state House of Representatives, and, from 1845 to 1853, was the appointed Secretary of State of Louisiana.[6] In 1853, he failed to win election to the U.S. Congress as an Independent, but he remained active in Louisiana politics as an ally of John Slidell in the "Regular Democratic" movement.

Gayarré became a member of the Louisiana Know Nothing Party from 1853 to 1855. He joined the party despite him being Catholic, and left the party because they were anti-Catholic.[7]

In 1854, following extensive research of the Spanish government archives in Madrid, Gayarré exposed U.S. Army general James Wilkinson as having been "Agent 13", a highly paid spy in the service of the Spanish Empire from 1787 until his death in 1825.

Gayarre lost his fortune of $400,000[8] by supporting the Confederacy during the Civil War.[citation needed] In 1863 Gayarré proposed that slaves be emancipated and armed, provided that France and England recognized the Confederacy (no foreign country recognized it).

After the war, Gayarré published his three-volume History of Louisiana (with an introduction by George Bancroft) and a biography of Philip II of Spain, but was never elected to any office. He became a reporter of decisions for the Louisiana Supreme Court, but he lived chiefly by his pen. He had a long-standing association with the Louisiana Historical Society, of which he was the unpaid President from 1860 to 1888,[9] thus working with former Confederate President Jefferson Davis after his release from federal custody.

Gayarré wrote Histoire de la Louisiane (1847); Romance of the History of Louisiana (1848); Louisiana: its Colonial History and Romance (1851), reprinted in A History of Louisiana; History of Louisiana: the Spanish Domination (1854); Philip II of Spain (1866); and A History of Louisiana (4 volumes, 1866), the last collecting and adding to his earlier works in this field. The whole covered the history of Louisiana from its earliest discovery by Europeans to 1861. He wrote also several dramas and romances, including Fernando de Lemos (1872).[6]

Death and legacy edit

Gayarre died in New Orleans on February 11, 1895, survived by his widow, and is buried at St. Louis Cemetery in New Orleans.

Works edit

In French:

  • Histoire de la Louisiane (1846)

In English:

  • History
    • Romance of the History of Louisiana (1848)
    • Louisiana: its Colonial History and Romance (1851)
    • Louisiana: its History as a French Colony (1852)
    • History of the Spanish Domination in Louisiana from 1769 to December 1803 (185)
    • The History of Louisiana, reprinting the prior volumes and additional material to 1861 as a final comprehensive edition in 1866 (online here)
    • Philip II of Spain (1866)
  • Novels
    • Fernando de Lemos, Truth and Fiction (1872)
    • Aubert Dubayet (1882)
  • Plays
    • The School for Politics: A Dramatic Novel (1854)
    • Dr. Bluff, a comedy in two acts

References edit

  1. ^ Spear, Jennifer M. (15 June 2009). Race, Sex, and Social Order in Early New Orleans. JHU Press. p. 237. ISBN 978-0-8018-9878-5. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  2. ^ Benfey, Christopher (10 August 2004). The Great Wave: Gilded Age Misfits, Japanese Eccentrics, and the Opening of Old Japan. Random House Publishing Group. p. 220. ISBN 978-0-375-75455-5. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  3. ^ a b Appleton's Cyclopedia vol.III p.619
  4. ^ 1860 U.S. Federal Census, slave schedules for St. Helena, Louisiana show Charles Gayarre as owning six slaves, and the same census results for New Orleans Ward 5 show him owning seven slaves, of whom five were children.
  5. ^ Phillips, V. Faye (22 December 2010). "Charles Gayarré". 64 Parishes. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  6. ^ a b c   One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainChisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Gayarré, Charles Étienne Arthur". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 11 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 542.
  7. ^ Niehaus, Earl F. (1965). The Irish in New Orleans:1800-1860. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. pp. 86–89.
  8. ^ Bush, Robert (Fall 1974). "Charles Gayarre and Grace King: Letters of a Louisiana Friendship". Southern Literary Journal. 7 (1). Retrieved March 22, 2018.
  9. ^ "» LHS Presidents Louisiana Historical Society". louisianahistricalsociety.org. Retrieved Mar 16, 2023.

Further reading edit

  • Klugewicz, Stephen M. "'Unfit for the Age': Charles Gayarré, the Conservative as Satirist", The Imaginative Conservative, 2013.
  • Lang, Herbert H. "Charles Gayarre and the Philosophy of Progress," Louisiana History: The Journal of the Louisiana Historical Association, Vol. 3, No. 3, Summer, 1962.
  • Phillips, Faye. "To 'Build upon the Foundation': Charles Gayarré's Vision for the Louisiana State Library," Libraries & the Cultural Record, Volume 43, Number 1, 2008.
  • Phillips, Faye. "Writing Louisiana Colonial History in the Mid-Nineteenth Century: Charles Gayarré, Benjamin Franklin French, and the Louisiana Historical Society," Louisiana History: The Journal of the Louisiana Historical Association, Vol. 49, No. 2, Spring, 2008.

External links edit

  •   Media related to Charles Gayarré at Wikimedia Commons
  •   Works by or about Charles Gayarré at Wikisource
  • Charles Gayarré Collection at The Historic New Orleans Collection
Political offices
Preceded by
Zenon Ledoux
Secretary of State of Louisiana
1845–1853
Succeeded by

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This article includes a list of general references but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations December 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message Charles Etienne Arthur Gayarre January 9 1805 February 11 1895 was an American historian attorney slaveowner and politician born to a Spanish and French Creole planter family in New Orleans Louisiana He was a Confederate sympathizer and white supremacist 1 2 Charles GayarreSecretary of State of LouisianaIn office 1845 1853GovernorAlexandre MoutonIsaac JohnsonJoseph M WalkerPreceded byZenon LedouxSucceeded byAndrew HerronMember of the Louisiana House of RepresentativesIn office 1856 1857In office 1844 1846In office 1830 1831Personal detailsBorn 1805 01 09 January 9 1805New Orleans Louisiana U S DiedFebruary 11 1895 1895 02 11 aged 90 New Orleans Louisiana U S Political partyJacksonian 1834 1844 Democratic 1844 1895 SpouseSarah SullivanEducationCollege d OrleansSignatureWithin his authorship of plays essays and novels Gayarre wrote histories of Louisiana and an expose of U S Army general James Wilkinson as a Spanish spy 3 Contents 1 Family life 2 Career 3 Death and legacy 4 Works 5 References 6 Further reading 7 External linksFamily life editThe grandson of Etienne de Bore New Orlean s first mayor who introduced cultivation of indigo and sugarcane to the area Charles Gayarre was born at the Bore plantation which was then outside the city limits of New Orleans It has long been incorporated into the city as Audubon Park His paternal grandfather Don Esteban de Gayarre arrived in the area with Spanish Governor Antonio de Ulloa after France ceded it to Spain and had been comptroller of the province of Louisiana His other maternal grandfather was the former colonial treasurer under the French and master of Destrehan Plantation which was involved in a suppressed slave revolt when Charles was a boy After studying at the College d Orleans Gayarre began in 1826 legal studies in Philadelphia Pennsylvania On January 28 1856 Gayarre married Sarah Anne Shadie Sullivan 1820 1914 in Lowndes County Mississippi In the 1860 census he owned about a dozen slaves 4 His only child was the son of Delphine Le Maitre a slave in his household when Gayarre was twenty one years old The child was also named Charles Gayarre and was baptized in the St Louis Cathedral in New Orleans 5 Career editIn 1825 Gayarre published a pamphlet criticizing changes that Edward Livingston proposed in the Louisiana Criminal Code particularly with respect to capital punishment the fate of nearly 100 recaptured slaves during the 1811 German Coast revolt when he was a child 3 He then traveled to Philadelphia for his legal studies and was admitted to the Pennsylvania bar in 1829 In 1830 upon returning to New Orleans Gayarre was elected a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives and the leadership asked him to draft an address complimenting the French legislators during the Revolution of 1830 In 1831 after admission to the Louisiana bar Gayarre became his state s Deputy Attorney General In 1833 he became presiding judge of the city court of New Orleans In 1834 he was elected as a Jackson Democrat to the United States Senate However he resigned citing health reasons before taking his seat For the next eight years Gayarre traveled in Europe and collected historical material from France and Spain 6 Some of the historical documents that he used were written by his ancestor Esteban de Gayarre In 1844 1845 and in 1856 1857 he again served as a Democratic Party member of the state House of Representatives and from 1845 to 1853 was the appointed Secretary of State of Louisiana 6 In 1853 he failed to win election to the U S Congress as an Independent but he remained active in Louisiana politics as an ally of John Slidell in the Regular Democratic movement Gayarre became a member of the Louisiana Know Nothing Party from 1853 to 1855 He joined the party despite him being Catholic and left the party because they were anti Catholic 7 In 1854 following extensive research of the Spanish government archives in Madrid Gayarre exposed U S Army general James Wilkinson as having been Agent 13 a highly paid spy in the service of the Spanish Empire from 1787 until his death in 1825 Gayarre lost his fortune of 400 000 8 by supporting the Confederacy during the Civil War citation needed In 1863 Gayarre proposed that slaves be emancipated and armed provided that France and England recognized the Confederacy no foreign country recognized it After the war Gayarre published his three volume History of Louisiana with an introduction by George Bancroft and a biography of Philip II of Spain but was never elected to any office He became a reporter of decisions for the Louisiana Supreme Court but he lived chiefly by his pen He had a long standing association with the Louisiana Historical Society of which he was the unpaid President from 1860 to 1888 9 thus working with former Confederate President Jefferson Davis after his release from federal custody Gayarre wrote Histoire de la Louisiane 1847 Romance of the History of Louisiana 1848 Louisiana its Colonial History and Romance 1851 reprinted in A History of Louisiana History of Louisiana the Spanish Domination 1854 Philip II of Spain 1866 and A History of Louisiana 4 volumes 1866 the last collecting and adding to his earlier works in this field The whole covered the history of Louisiana from its earliest discovery by Europeans to 1861 He wrote also several dramas and romances including Fernando de Lemos 1872 6 Death and legacy editGayarre died in New Orleans on February 11 1895 survived by his widow and is buried at St Louis Cemetery in New Orleans Works editIn French Histoire de la Louisiane 1846 In English History Romance of the History of Louisiana 1848 Louisiana its Colonial History and Romance 1851 Louisiana its History as a French Colony 1852 History of the Spanish Domination in Louisiana from 1769 to December 1803 185 The History of Louisiana reprinting the prior volumes and additional material to 1861 as a final comprehensive edition in 1866 online here Philip II of Spain 1866 Novels Fernando de Lemos Truth and Fiction 1872 Aubert Dubayet 1882 Plays The School for Politics A Dramatic Novel 1854 Dr Bluff a comedy in two actsReferences edit Spear Jennifer M 15 June 2009 Race Sex and Social Order in Early New Orleans JHU Press p 237 ISBN 978 0 8018 9878 5 Retrieved 18 January 2023 Benfey Christopher 10 August 2004 The Great Wave Gilded Age Misfits Japanese Eccentrics and the Opening of Old Japan Random House Publishing Group p 220 ISBN 978 0 375 75455 5 Retrieved 18 January 2023 a b Appleton s Cyclopedia vol III p 619 1860 U S Federal Census slave schedules for St Helena Louisiana show Charles Gayarre as owning six slaves and the same census results for New Orleans Ward 5 show him owning seven slaves of whom five were children Phillips V Faye 22 December 2010 Charles Gayarre 64 Parishes Retrieved 24 January 2023 a b c nbsp One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain Chisholm Hugh ed 1911 Gayarre Charles Etienne Arthur Encyclopaedia Britannica Vol 11 11th ed Cambridge University Press p 542 Niehaus Earl F 1965 The Irish in New Orleans 1800 1860 Baton Rouge Louisiana State University Press pp 86 89 Bush Robert Fall 1974 Charles Gayarre and Grace King Letters of a Louisiana Friendship Southern Literary Journal 7 1 Retrieved March 22 2018 LHS Presidents Louisiana Historical Society louisianahistricalsociety org Retrieved Mar 16 2023 Further reading editKlugewicz Stephen M Unfit for the Age Charles Gayarre the Conservative as Satirist The Imaginative Conservative 2013 Lang Herbert H Charles Gayarre and the Philosophy of Progress Louisiana History The Journal of the Louisiana Historical Association Vol 3 No 3 Summer 1962 Phillips Faye To Build upon the Foundation Charles Gayarre s Vision for the Louisiana State Library Libraries amp the Cultural Record Volume 43 Number 1 2008 Phillips Faye Writing Louisiana Colonial History in the Mid Nineteenth Century Charles Gayarre Benjamin Franklin French and the Louisiana Historical Society Louisiana History The Journal of the Louisiana Historical Association Vol 49 No 2 Spring 2008 External links edit nbsp Media related to Charles Gayarre at Wikimedia Commons nbsp Works by or about Charles Gayarre at Wikisource Charles Gayarre Collection at The Historic New Orleans CollectionPolitical officesPreceded byZenon Ledoux Secretary of State of Louisiana1845 1853 Succeeded byAndrew S Herron Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Charles Gayarre amp oldid 1195240056, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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