Pres. James Madison pardons Lafitte and the other Baratarians

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This file appears in: Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop and the Battle of New Orleans

A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774 - 1875.

Library of Congress

This file appears in: Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop and the Battle of New Orleans

Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop and the Battle of New Orleans

By Mary Ann Wegmann, Louisiana State Museum & University of New Orleans History Department

For many years, a bar called “Lafitte’s Blacksmith Shop” has occupied this building at the corner of Bourbon Street and St. Philip Street. Designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1970, Lafitte’s…