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el padron,
That's an interesting event, for sure. Thanks for posting that painting and info. Personally, in several areas, I don't know what to believe in regards to Laffitte. From what we have researched it appears that his life/business was eventually run/arranged very much like a corporation, or syndication, of sorts. For the few events we can directly tie him too there always appears to be a fair amount of distance kept between himself and the others involved. We see this same thing in the Champ de Asile events, Laffitte always remaining on just the outer fringes, or just within the shadows of those affairs.
I have no doubt that Laffitte had access to money/wealth but just exactly where and how that funding was maintained and how it was funneled is still largely uncertain. “If” his memoirs are real, which I feel they likely are, then we can be fairly certain that sometime around 1815 - 1816 a type of corporation was formed, this corporation we believe was called, The Saint Louis Corporation. When we set out to confirm this possibility what we found was an entire host of possible/likely shell companies that would have made tracking the flow of revenues and monies all but impossible even if we knew exactly what we were looking for and even if all of the records had survived.
Per example, in regards to two ships mentioned in those memoirs there was enough surviving documentation to trace the funding of these two vessels back to some of the very people mentioned in those memoirs. There are several such examples of this same type thing. What isn't quite clear in all of this is just exactly what all of these various activities were actually pursuing, if indeed this was all part of a formed and functioning corporation or syndication? I might also mention that it appears as though there was a very strong Bonapartist theme attached to a great deal of what we have researched in regards to Laffitte and this possible corporation.
As for “a large treasure” being kept on or near Galveston Island during Laffitte's time there,.....from what we have researched there are as many as three or four very possible sources of such wealth but nothing we can conclusively confirm. But such was the world climate back then, a great deal of uncertainty abounding everywhere.
That's an interesting event, for sure. Thanks for posting that painting and info. Personally, in several areas, I don't know what to believe in regards to Laffitte. From what we have researched it appears that his life/business was eventually run/arranged very much like a corporation, or syndication, of sorts. For the few events we can directly tie him too there always appears to be a fair amount of distance kept between himself and the others involved. We see this same thing in the Champ de Asile events, Laffitte always remaining on just the outer fringes, or just within the shadows of those affairs.
I have no doubt that Laffitte had access to money/wealth but just exactly where and how that funding was maintained and how it was funneled is still largely uncertain. “If” his memoirs are real, which I feel they likely are, then we can be fairly certain that sometime around 1815 - 1816 a type of corporation was formed, this corporation we believe was called, The Saint Louis Corporation. When we set out to confirm this possibility what we found was an entire host of possible/likely shell companies that would have made tracking the flow of revenues and monies all but impossible even if we knew exactly what we were looking for and even if all of the records had survived.
Per example, in regards to two ships mentioned in those memoirs there was enough surviving documentation to trace the funding of these two vessels back to some of the very people mentioned in those memoirs. There are several such examples of this same type thing. What isn't quite clear in all of this is just exactly what all of these various activities were actually pursuing, if indeed this was all part of a formed and functioning corporation or syndication? I might also mention that it appears as though there was a very strong Bonapartist theme attached to a great deal of what we have researched in regards to Laffitte and this possible corporation.
As for “a large treasure” being kept on or near Galveston Island during Laffitte's time there,.....from what we have researched there are as many as three or four very possible sources of such wealth but nothing we can conclusively confirm. But such was the world climate back then, a great deal of uncertainty abounding everywhere.
