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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.
New Orleans native Charles Gayarré wrote the first complete history of Louisiana: a four-volume series entitled Louisiana History (1866). Originally written in French, his study focused on the region’s domination by France, Spain, and then the United States.
- Greater New Orleans, Jefferson, Orleans
Mar 12, 2013 · A Creole patrician, Gayarré was not only a historian but a politician, novelist, and satirist whose career and writings reflect his disdain for democratic politics and the emerging egalitarian society of nineteenth-century America.
Jun 30, 2009 · 1) Louisiana; its colonial history and romance. New York, Harper & brothers, 1851; (v. 2) Louisiana: its history as a French colony. New York, J. Wiley, 1852. Book digitized by Google from the library of University of Virginia and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.
On the 13th of August, 1717, the situation of affairs in the colony of Louisiana having been brought before the Council of State', at Versailles, it was decided by that body, presided over by...
- Charles Gayarré
- W. J. Widdleton, 1867
- the University of Virginia
Fertel, Rien. "2 Charles Gayarré and the Imagining of an Exceptional City: The Literary Roots of the Creole City" In Remaking New Orleans: Beyond Exceptionalism and Authenticity edited by Thomas Jessen Adams and Matt Sakakeeny, 55-71. New York, USA: Duke University Press, 2019.
May 21, 2010 · Mr. Charles Gayarré.—The announcement of the arrest in New York of Mr. Charles Gayarré, on his arrival from Tampico, has led to the inquiry whether it is our old fellow-citizen, the author of the history of Louisiana, member of our Legislature, at one time Secretary of State and ex-U.S. Senator.
