Talk:Etienne de Boré
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[edit] Sources, problems
I rewrote the little sketch based mainly on Kendall, with sidewise glances at the New Orleans Public Library page and at Grace King. I mention it because some text I lifted verbatim from Kendall: 1922 and in the public domain, so no need for the zealous to undo it as a copyvio.
These New Orleans Public Library biographical sketches by the way are loaded with all kinds of mistakes; not only many typos but other, more serious errors. For example, the Boré bio has him born in 1740, and becoming mayor in 1803 when he was in his fiftieth year. (He is then stated to have died in 1820 when he was "eight" years old; someone's Y key didn't work, I guess.)
The birthdate/age at assuming the mayoralty problem I haven't yet managed to solve. Kendall is the source of the "fiftieth year", but gives no birthdate. Find-A‑Grave gives Dec. 27, 1841, as do other websites: the ultimate source seems to be Biographical and Historical Memoires of Louisiana (vol. 2), pp476‑477, Goodspeed Publishing Company, Chicago, 1892, a poorly scanned text of which, amalgamated with commentary in such a way unfortunately that they can't be untangled, can be found here. Bill 13:22, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
- Thanks for your work. Cheers, -- Infrogmation 14:51, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
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