The author would like to thank the following people for their contributions to this work: Thomas Banks, Serena Benedetti, Donald Booth, Manoah Bowman, Jessica Breheny, Lisa Campbell, Nicolas Campbell, Myriam J.A. Chancy, Rosana Cruz, Mary Curtis, Chelsea Cutchens, Pam del Rio, Christopher de Spoelberch, Jacques de Spoelberch, Malcolm Gaines, Joseph Geller, Rebecca Godson, Margaret Hogan, James Ivory, John Jordan, Karole Kelly, Sofie Kleppner, Emily Mather, James Maughn, Elizabeth Musser, Elizabeth Pérez, Alex Rothenberg, Jeremiah Rusconi, Thomas Uskali, and Carolyn Williams. Also thanks to Lissa Capo, Daniel Hammer, Mary Lou Eichhorn, and Jennifer Navarre at the Williams Research Center, Historic New Orleans Collection, and to Ott Howell at the Beauregard-Keyes House, New Orleans, Louisiana.
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