Author Archives: millsmma1

December 19, 2022 In the 1760s, over 600 Acadian Neutrals exiled in Maryland joined a growing number of “cousins” in Louisiana.  In 1762, that territory passed by treaty into Spanish hands which welcomed colonists to protect their interests against the British.  In 1765 Joseph Broussard led a group from Halifax to New Orleans, with approximatelyContinue reading “The Castilles”

December 17, 2022 It has been nearly two months since the Grand Réveil Acadien took place in Louisiana.  My wife and I were present for all nine days of the much-delayed celebration, and I could write quite a bit about our car trip from Maryland south and include interesting stops going and returning in AbingdonContinue reading “Grand Réveil Acadien”

September 18, 2022 I was in correspondence with Terry McCormack several weeks before his presentation (see above) and was able to add a little more to his Renaudet research.  I had not considered that Elizabeth Seton might have had students of French background, although a reading of her pre-Emmitsburg correspondence would have made that soContinue reading “The DuBourg Family”

September 7, 2022 On Saturday, June 18, my wife and I attended a wonderful celebration at St. Mary’s Spiritual Center and Historical Site, 600 N. Paca Street, Baltimore, in honor of Elizabeth Seton’s 214th anniversary of taking her religious vows. There, in 1808, that ceremony took place in the chapelle basse of the Sulpician seminaryContinue reading “Seton School”