| LC control no. | n 50060578 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Laffite, Jean |
| Variant(s) | Laffite, Jean, 1782-1854 Lafitte, Jean, active 1809-1821 Lafitte, Jean Baptiste |
| Beginning date | 1809 |
| Ending date | 1821 |
| Found in | Enc. Amer., 1975 (Laffite, Jean; often spelled Lafitte; fl. 1809-1821; commonly believed b. Bordeaux ca. 1780, d. Yucatan 1826; S.C. Arthur identified pirate Laffite with a Jean Laffite b. Port-au-Prince Apr. 22, 1782, d. Alton, Ill., May 5, 1854; no definitive scholarly conclusion) Enc. Brit., 1978 (Laffite, Jean; b. 1780?, d. 1825?) Wikipedia, Oct. 22, 2007 (Jean Lafitte (1776 - 1854?), was a famous pirate in the Gulf of Mexico in the early 19th century; some believe he was born January 24, 1776 as Jean Baptiste Lafitte in Bayonne, France, although a number of other cities in France also claim to be his birthplace; possible places of death: Yucatan, the Gulf of Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, South Carolina, or Illinois; Jean Laffite, the pirate, is occasionally confused with Jean Lafitte, father and son, of New Orleans) |
| Invalid LCCN | n 84035275 |
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