Attached are photocopies of two letters dated March 1806 and July 1806, written from Natchitoches County, Louisiana. The author was writing to "Mon Oncle" ("my uncle"), and the letters were addressed to Charles BARRE' in Opelousas. The authors signature is a bit flourished and difficult to decipher, but is looks like it is a BOSSIE' [BOSSIER] signature.

These letters were written in French.

Charles BARRE' was a brother of Rosalie Charlotte BARRE' (wife of Francois Paul BOSSIER I), and Charles BARRE' was an uncle to their BOSSIER children.

Hopefully someone will a look at these photcopies of the letters and compare the signature to other Natchitoches Parish/County BOSSIER / BOSSIE' signatures of that era.

I am trying to learn the full name/identity of the person who authored those letters. (an English translation would be nice, too <grin>).

The March 1806 letter consists of one page front and back, one side being the letter, the other side being the cover. The July 1806 letter consists of a two page letter plus the cover.

The original letters are in the John Close papers collection, housed in the Special Collections Department at Hill Memorial Library at LSU in Baton Rouge, La. The collection consists of about 300 - 325 letters and other documents dated 1802 through 1872. Early documents were addressed to Charles BARRE', his son-in-law, John Close, and the later letters (after 1865) were addressed to John Close's son-in-law, Desire' Godet.