Amélie Duplantier to Antoine Allard Duplantier, 1840 July 30 - Amélie Duplantier to Antoine Allard Duplantier, 1840 July 30

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Title
Amélie Duplantier to Antoine Allard Duplantier, 1840 July 30
Author
Peniston, Amélie Duplantier, 1821-1845.
Contributing Repository
LSU Libraries. Special Collections
Biographical Note (Author)
The eldest daughter of Armand Gabriel Allard Duplantier’s third son, Guy Allard Duplantier, and his wife Antoinette Azema Avart (d. 1881), Amélie Augustine Allard Duplantier was reared as a ward of her aunt the widowed Mrs. Louis Robert Avart (née Claude Augustine EugénieDelachaise). Amélie and her aunt travelled to France, taking the grand tour from 1839 to 1841. While there, they visited the Allard ancestral home of Le Plantier in Voiron, as well as Paris, Lyon, Cauterets, and Bagnères-de-Bigorre. Amélie married a young doctor, Thomas Peniston (1815-1863), in 1842 and bore him one son, Thomas Joseph Allard Peniston (1844-1881). Amélie died in 1845. In creating New Orleans' Faubourg St. Joseph in 1849, Mrs. Avart named Amelia Street in her niece's memory and Peniston Street for Amélie’s husband.
Date Created
1840-07-30
Subject
French Americans--Family relationships--Louisiana
Extended families--France
Tourists--France
Health resorts--France
Description
Amélie Duplantier, Cauterets, France, addresses her cousin Antoine Allard Duplantier, Voiron, France, as 'uncle.' She says that a Parisian doctor recommended that her accompanying aunt visit the Cauterets baths, and she reports that the latter, while still suffering in the shoulder, can make some movements that were previously impossible. Duplantier says that she is sorry to hear about the sickness of 'Tante Henriette' [Henriette Paris d’Avancourt de Treffonds, wife of Antoine Frédérique Allard Duplantier, and, therefore, actually the addresser's cousin-in-law]. Duplantier states that she hopes the waters at Uriage, France, will have the same effects on Henriette as the baths at Cauterets had on the writer. She relates having seen Chartres, Tours, Bordeaux, and Pau, France, on the way to Cauterets, adding that she and her travelling aunt are enchanted by the beautiful mountains. She recounts that they saw the Lac de Gaube, the Cascade du Ceriset, and the Pont d’Espagne, but not yet the Vallée de Campan, France. She expresses the hope that her aunt will let her visit Marseille and Switzerland before returning to Paris and notes that her mother is anxious for her to return to Louisiana. Among those to whom she sends her regards are 'Uncle Séraphin' and 'my little Isabelle.'
Transcriptions/Translations Note
The transcriptions and translations remain true to the nonstandard grammar, punctuation, and spelling of the original documents, with only minimal corrections made in isolated instances for the sake of clarity.
Type of Resource
text
Digital Collection
Armand Duplantier Family Letters, LSU Libraries
Repository Collection Guide
http://www.lib.lsu.edu/special/findaid/3645post.pdf
Physical Location
LSU Libraries
Hill Memorial Library: Special Collections
Contact Information
Please submit an LSU Special Collections reference ticket at https://askus.lib.lsu.edu/special for any questions or comments about this digital object.
Rights
Physical rights are retained by the LSU Libraries. In accordance with U. S. copyright laws, this work is in the public domain.
Cite As
Armand Duplantier Family Letters, Mss. 5060, Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections, LSU Libraries, Baton Rouge, La.
Donor Information
The Armand Duplantier Family Letters were given by the descendants of Guy Antoine Allard Duplantier, elder brother of Armand Duplantier, to their Louisiana cousins, and subsequently donated to the LSU Libraries.
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