galleries. The plantation house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. The 1853 Greek-Revival style Mansion was also completed using primarily enslaved labor. Who lives in Belle Terre, Terrebonne, Louisiana? They were followed by the Spanish who penetrated as far as Napoleonville which, by the time the exiled Acadians arrived in the 1760's, had become a prosperous little colony. When sugar and cotton became profitable in the nineteenth century, planters and real estate speculators purchased several adjacent small holdings and consolidated them into large plantations. Disease struck by 1920, and the sugar total was 194,636 tons of cane on but a slightly reduced acreage. The slaves were treated well and were given food and clothes. It was brought from France and was a gift of the Xavier Dugas family. By the summer of 1871 Thomas Devine had been given the Assumption Parish printing contract. (De Bow's Review for September 1850 places at Napoleonville "a Protestant Church, built in 1837." A branch of Southern Pacific Lines enters from the south on the right bank of Bayou Lafourche, extending through Napoleonville to Donaldsonville. Slaves - Females - 26 thru 44: 14 Web$1,995,000 Belle Alliance Plantation Donaldsonville , Louisiana Listing Description AUCTION WITHOUT RESERVE! The building, still in use, was occupied in 1896. It is the namesake of the unincorporated community of Belle Alliance. Canals augmented this waterway system. In 1806 Lafourche County had 3,533 inhabitants, of whom 2,898 were white persons. Elevation at Napoleonville is 14 feet above sea level. The antebellum period was dominated by small farmers who owned a few slaves rather than large plantation owners, as were the other parts of the country. Because plantation homes were so far apart, their mistresses so busy, and their masters so protective of white women, planter women lived in relative isolation from one another. Among the older communities of the parish is Painocurtville. Belle Meade residents enjoy the feel of a rural community, with the majority owning their own homes. Lafourche is the French word for "the fork," applied by early comers to the bayou that bears that name, because of the fork-like shape of this outlet from the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico. The tribe during the first decade of white exploration gained considerable notoriety and punishment for the murder of a Catholic priest, Father Jean St. Cosmo, and three Canadian companions. Residing today in Napoleonville is Dr. Thomas B Pugh, son of W. W. Pugh. That year Assumption devoted 27,852 acres to the crop with a yield of 491,743 tons of cane. They also had their own church on the WebNO RESERVE AUCTION: Incredibly restored, the Belle Alliance Estate is everything you'd imagine from a classic antebellum manor. Slaveholders in the Middle and West Tennessee regions were the backbone of the Tennessee Democratic Party. The congregation was chartered March 27 of that year. Newspapers When Joseph died in 1867 Charles returned from Mexico to resume the post, which he held until his own death in 1884. The plantation had over 300 slaves who worked in the fields and in the house. The Sisters of Loretto nearby were instructing "a few schoolgirls" in 1826. Descendants of these settlers comprise a very considerable part of Assumption's present population. At this point records of the company cease. Public Welfare They consumed some of the local crop in its brown-sugar or molasses form and distilled it into rum and taffia, a cheap grade of rum. As time went by in the colonial period, habitations became increasingly narrower. After Hites death in 1836, his estate inventory lists 44 enslaved individuals. Slaves - Males - 26 thru 44: 19 It is the namesake of the unincorporated community of Belle Alliance. WebThe establishment of Liberia is linked to the abolition of slavery in the West, and the growing population of free African-Americans in the United States. Bor's plans paid off, and he died a rich man. WebIllustrating nearly every period of the communitys development from the first quarter of the 19th century to 1939, the Madison Historic District is home to a very large collection of fine historic buildings and more. Fire fighters in the second conflagration were handicapped because a drought had left wells dry, and it was necessary to form bucket brigades from Bayou Lafourche. Its products were grain, livestock, flax and hemp. Claude1, Ambassador of France. See also On the outskirts of Napoleonville is Christ Episcopal Church, picturesque edifice in the Gothic style, around its ivy covered walls cling many historic facts. Two junior high schools and 9 elementary schools are provided for colored pupils. St. Philomena's at Labadieville dates from 1648 as an organized parish. Little is known of the early schools In Assumption Parish. In keeping with the style of the period, the Pioneer under Superveille and early editors conducted a feuilleton or magazine section containing articles of the literary type. Other Belle Grove enterprises included a grist mill, saw mill, distillery, store, lime kiln, quarry, and blacksmith shop. Lines of longitude 91 West and latitude 30 North bisect the parish intersecting near Plattenville, 6 miles northeast of the governmental seat, Napoleonville, which is looted approximately at the parish's geographic center. Genealogy Trails The plantation house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. He was succeeded by Bela Hubbard who in turn was made parish judge, and followed by Courvoisler, Wincelas Pichot, who was killed in a duel, and lastly Alexander Covillier. Religious leaders and midwives were also high within the social order. Decorative woodwork, exterior and interior, was turned on the plantation, hence the name. Their principal settlement is believed to have been located near Labadieville, where in 1721 there were some fifty warriors. Their letters reveal that they tried to maintain ties with friends and family, visiting other plantations or venturing to New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and other towns, where they attended balls, concerts, operas, and plays. It was in 1793 that a small house of worship, hardly more than a shack, was built at the site of Plattenville, and called by the community's first priest, Father Bernardo de Deva, "La Parroquis de L'Assumption de Nuestra Senora de La Fourohe des Chetimaohes de Valeneuela*" All of the countryside came there for devotions and to be baptized. The slaves were treated well and were given food and clothes. Income from sources other than agriculture for 1940 was put at $812,218. Originally this 7,000 acre plot was a grant to Don Juan Vives, a physician and military officer of Thus began a steady growth with an 1830 population of 5,669 7,141 in 1840, 10,538 by 1850, 5,341 of them being slaves, the first time the latter total had exceeded the white population, and 15,379 by 1860, 6,096 being slaves. The Lousiana countryside was dotted with a variety of landholdings ranging from several-hundred-acre sugar plantations to one- or two-acre vegetable farms. The latter for some thirty years lived alone on Lake Verret at a time when that body of water was known only to a few white hunters. Originally this 7,000 acre plot was a grant to Don Juan Vives, a physician and military officer of Of the slaves who were tried, twenty-one of them were sentenced to death, shot, and decapitated, and their heads were placed on poles along the River Road as a warning to other potential rebel slaves. At the same time permission was given the board to donate funds "to an institution that will undertake the education of young ladies in the parish." At Labadieville in October 1864, Federal and Confederate Forces fought a pitched battle. In that year Maxile Bourg and wife donated to the police Jury a tract "two arpents front by one arpent deep." A Texas and Pacific Railway branch on the other bank provides freight service from Donaldsonville to Thibodaux, touching Napoleonville and other communities.The Southern Pacific main line from New Orleans to the west coast passes through Assumption for a few miles in the extreme south. This area was one of the first to be visited in 1937 by State dental trailers. The plantation had over 300 slaves who worked in the fields and in the house. St. Emma Plantation House stands five bays wide and three rooms deep, Then in the first years of the present century the Texas and Pacific became a competitor throughout this area . WebThe Belle Alliance plantation house was built by Charles Anton Kock, a successful planter who used the forced labor of enslaved people to grow sugar and also owned the St. Emma Plantation around 1846. Although men owned and controlled most large holdings in Louisiana and throughout the South, women contributed significantly to the daily operation of plantations and frequently ran them in their husbands' absences. The Donaldsonville and Napoleonville Railway was granted a franchise in 1903 Mather Bringier was agent. men. During the 1770s, this 7,000-acre (28km2) plot was granted to Don Juan Vives, a physician and military officer ofthe Spanish government. Through folklore and song, slaves passed down their collective historical memory from one generation to the next. Still standing on the stream's left bank across from Napoleonville is Madewood, plantation home of Colonel Thomas Pugh, completed in 1848. Belle Chase Plantation- built by Benjamin in 1842 which became one of the largest sugar manufacturing plantations of louisiana located in Plaquemines Parish Louisiana . Etienne de Bor was the first Louisianian to risk his resources successfully in an enterprise to turn Creole cane into sugar. In antebellum Louisiana the average sugar plantation had a value of $200,000, whereas even the largest cotton plantations were worth only half that. An organized public health unit took form in the parish following the disastrous flood of 1927. Belle Meade is home to many notable residents, including several politicians, business leaders, and athletes. The Hites were involved in a national system, codified by law, that enslaved Africans and their children. Belle Meade Plantation was built in 1807 by John Harding. A legislative act of March 1808 indicates that a Lafourche County courthouse was "either bought or built," but no hint of its location is given. By 1860, although there were some wandering Indians In Assumption Parish, the Chitimacha had all departed* At an even earlier date ranks of the tribe were becoming thinned; there were only about one hundred in the entire territory at the time of the Louisiana Purchase. Lake Verret and Grassy Lake lie wholly within the parish and Lake Palourde partially so. Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman live in a gated community called Northumberland, which is located in Nashvilles Green Hills / Belle Meade area. In addition, sugar growing and processing took up an entire year, keeping slaves busy all year round. The slaves were treated well and were given food and clothes. They also had their own church on the plantation. Although sugar dated from the colonial period of Louisiana's history, it did not become a major crop until the second and third decades of the ninteenth century. Planting, growing, cutting, and milling sugar was extremely hard work, and most free workers refused to do the work, leading planters to rely on slave labor. New Orleans, Louisiana 70116. c: (504) 481-4790. e: peter@peterpatout.com. The moss forms the basis of a hundred-thousand-dollar a year industry for the Assumption gatherers. Their contributions to the development of the state were significant. WebOne hundred years ago plantations owned by members of the Pugh family dotted both sides of Bayou Lafourche. Franchisees benefit from a long-standing partnership with the renowned Sothebys auction house, which dates back to the 17th century. Prior to the cotton gin, laborers had to separate cotton seeds from fiber by hand, a long and tedious process. The great commercial success of these enterprises relied upon an enslaved workforce. Slaveowners were the ones who brought the state to life, and they did so through Middle Tennessee and West Tennessee. The latter, because of stiffness, is considered difficult to cultivate and drain, but sugar and rice producers regard it highly. One hundred years ago plantations owned by members of the Pugh family dotted both sides of Bayou Lafourche. Far behind Louisiana in second place was South Carolina, whose 162 free blacks in the same category had an average real estate holding of less than $5,000 in 1860. The Assumption Parish Sugar Cane Production Central Association was chartered with approval of the Secretary of Agriculture for the purpose of administering activities of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration. By 1823 John Foley, D. H. Williamson, and Thomas and Augustin Pugh had moved in from English speaking states. Before its present name was applied, Bayou Lafourche was called by the French "the river of the Chitimacha." Napoleonville, parish seat, is the largest town in Assumption with a population of 1,301. But a great number of those slaves remained in South Carolina. The present courthouse site was definitely established in 1818. Most planters, however, encouraged family formation, both to increase their holdings and to discourage adult slaves from running away from children and spouses. A brother, Joseph Dupaty, took control of the Pioneer. The paper is the official parish journal, was so designated as early as 1868, and, with small break, has held this contract many years. In the lake and bayou sections to the west, centering around Pierre Part Community, fishing and trapping in season add to the means of lively-hood followed in Assumption. Led by a Saint-Domingue slave named Charles Deslondes, the insurgents marched down River Road toward New Orleans, killing two whites, burning plantations and crops, and capturing weapons and ammunition. One of the contributors was Prudent d'Artlys, pen name of Hippolite de Bautte. Mrs. T. B. Pugh, and Louis Corde. Of these 1916 were white, 547 were slaves, and 10 were free persons of color. He was also one of the organizers of Napoleonville's first bank. John Harks, Joe Verret. The town and the plantation are located on the east bank of Bayou Lafourche, about five miles (8 km) out of Donaldsonville. [2]The town and the plantation are located on the east bank ofBayou Lafourche, about five miles (8km) out ofDonaldsonville. Fires In 1884 and 1894 destroyed practically all of the existing town. The wealthiest planters also kept houses in New Orleans, where they stayed during the winter cultural season. Still standing on the stream's left bank across from Napoleonville is Madewood, plantation home of Colonel Thomas Pugh, completed in 1848. The French Ambassador to the United States, Paul Claude 1, and his daughter were guests en route to New Orleans. Dr. Joseph Martin, Joseph La Lande, Guillot, and Tournillon were prominent French residents of the time. In 1860 there were 472 free black Louisianians whose average real estate holdings were worth over $10,000. From 1937 the department acted as certifying agency for the Work Projects Administration, the National Youth Administration and the Civilian Conservation Corps. When a new building was begun in 1907 the parish name was changed to St. Anna. Louisiana produced from one-quarter to one-half of all sugar consumed in the United States. Records of Our lady Star of the Sea show for its first year of operation 6,531 attendances at mass, 2,151 communions, 25 baptisms and 7 marriages. This paper also was the official journal of the State and was issued as late as 1877. Most Louisiana sugar was exported by sea to Atlantic ports and upriver to western states. Extension work in agriculture and home economics was begun in 1914; L. R. Martin was the first agent. Conrad L. Mavor was the next proprietor, followed in 1858 by Charles Dupaty who after 2 years went to Mexico. "The people altogether red" was a description given by members to themselves. watch the video tribute for his 200th birthday. Dow is known to have penetrated the southern parishes area as far as the Attakapas Country, and has been placed by one authority at points along Bayou Lafourche. Moss prices range from slightly better than 1cent per pound for the low, green grade, to 3 cents for the top variety. WebBelle Alliance Plantation, 7244 Highway 308 South, Donaldsonville, Ascension Parish, LA Names Historic American Buildings Survey, creator Howard, Henry Tulane University, School of Architecture, sponsor Cizek, Eugene D, faculty sponsor Arens, Francisco J Barrier, Catherine Emily Cale, Cordelia Lewis, Miranda Marroquin, Ivan Otero, Andres On December 24, 1896 contract was let to M. T. Lewnan and Company of Louisville, Ky., for construction by the following July, of a new courthouse to cost $23,132,135. WebOne hundred years ago plantations owned by members of the Pugh family dotted both sides of Bayou Lafourche. Parishioners promptly rebuilt their church after a fire in 1864. Other Catholic centers include Immaculate Conception Church, near Napoleonville; St. Jules, at Belle Alliance; St. Martin's, near Belle Rose; St. Augustin's, at Klotzville, and St. Benedict the Moor Church, at Bertrandville. Nine out of ten slaves in Louisiana worked on rural farms and plantations. Diversified agriculture are assumed an important part In the economic picture of the parish In addition to sugar and rice, the crops include corn, hay, oats, and vegetables. WebIndiana was a part of the Northwest Territory and although slavery was prohibited in the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, it was tolerated. The 1851 inventory of his second wife, Ann Maury Hite, lists only four: Jim, a blacksmith; Elijah; Sally, a cook; and Martha, Sallys child. St. Emma Plantation House is located at 1283 South Hwy. There are also a number of apartments and condominiums available for rent or purchase. tops, and the sidelights are separated from the doors by full pilasters Lorenro Dow. By 1824, it had grown to 7,500 acres. The operator was Louis Cordo, now residing in Napoleonville. 29. Although Louisianians grew some cotton in the colonial period, they, like other producers, did not find it profitable until Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin in 1793. The town was also a hotbed of antislavery activity and an important stop on the Underground Railroad before the Civil War. However, there is no concrete evidence that slaves were employed at Belle Meade Plantation. Albert J. Lirette, today a resident of the Parish, was a brakeman. Mail was carried down Bayou Lafourche. The parish has 3 white high schools and 5 elementary schools. Upon acquisition of the territory by the United States in 1803, English speaking land seekers came and at Napoleonville, named by a soldier who had served under the Little Corporal, they found a thriving market place. Isaac Hite Jr.s holdings of slaves declined after the 1820s as he sold them or gave them to his adult children. Outlawed by most northern states by the late 1700s, investment in human property was so enmeshed in the entire nations economy that it would take a Civil War to abolish it. South of the parish seat, the area around Labadieville was taken up by French and Spanish, joined by Acadians and a sprinkling of Germans from the Code des Allemands or German Coast to the east on the Mississippi River. As early as 1807 the settlement was called "Courthouse", and it is thought that the first court building may have stood just across the bayou on Madewood Plantation. WebA group of slaves launched their attack from a plantation upriver from New Orleans. The largest plantation in Tennessee was the Hermitage, which was owned by Andrew Jackson. As a child he accompanied members of his family to the Gulf resort, and was one of the few who escaped. Bayou Lafourche because of its thickly populated banks has been called "the longest street in the world*" It still has a share of commerce, but the progress of other transportation means has reduced its importance. Assumption Parish was included in the general road law of 1818 which made mandatory the construction of roads along waterways and of bridges and their maintenance under supervision of the police jury. Constant improvements were made in the manufacture of sugar, one of the most notable being Norbert Rillieux's vacuum-pan method of evaporating cane juice to produce refined sugar. Attempts were made later by rival tribes to enslave the Chitimacha, and warfare continued intermittently until 1718 when Bienville demanded peace to which the Indians agreed In Belle Meade, there are six luxury homes for sale, while in Nashville, there are 1,054. Between 1840 and 1860 Louisiana's annual cotton crop rose from about 375,000 bales to nearly 800,000 bales. It is the namesake of the unincorporated community of Belle Alliance. Timber was cut on the site, and bricks were made by slave labor. State Highway No. Few masters allowed slaves to learn to read and write, and legislation passed in Louisiana in 1830 made teaching slaves to do so a crime. If slaves aimed for permanent liberty, they usually headed for the swamps and forests, where they established or joined existing maroon (runaway) communities. Years afterward the glass was sent to New York and repaired so expertly that the damage could not be detected. All soil is alluvial and is divided into three classes; 1) loan with humus as principal ingredient, 2) loan mixed with sand and humus in about equal proportions, and 3) the terra grasse (fat land) or black soil. A building thereon was sold by the Bourgs to the police jury for $400. Slaves - Females - 45 and over: 3, 336 Belle Grove Road|Middletown, VA 22645|, This website uses a variety of cookies, which you consent to if you continue to use this site. Belle Meade Plantation Slaves. Several points of 18 feet are located along Bayou Lafourche between Belle Rose and Labadieville. In 1867 Charles A. Besse was postmaster, After incorporation the Federal designation was changed to Napoleonville, and Mrs. J. W.R. Pintado was first postmaster. Whether or not this building was ever used, existing records do not reveal. Even smaller holdings usually had at least one slave carpenter or blacksmith. Most slaves worked from sunrise to sundown and beyond, although slaves often worked around the clock during the grinding season on sugar plantations. Plattenville apparently was a center prior to 1793, for residents there had unsuccessfully petitioned for the erection of a church several times before one was built in that year. The beauty of their craftsmanship is still admired today. During the ministry of the Rev. The Harding family was one of the Marie Antoinette Claudel." Plying their courses successively were pirogues of the explorers, larger craft bearing Spanish garrisons, keel boats taking out produce of the first plantations to Lafourche Settlement (now Donaldsonville) .and returning with supplies, and finally steamboats and mail packets. The Plantation Complex When most people think of the antebellum South they envision ornate mansions surrounded by lush gardens, slave cabins, cotton gins or sugar mills, and other outbuildings. About 100 cars, approximately. April 17, 1928, was an historic day in Napoleonville. Under his administration as municipal chief a water works and the bridge at the parish seat were built. Cane planted in this soil ripens earlier than on other lands. Management of large landholdings, labor forces, and other investments required a lot of time, talent, and luck, and fortunes were hard to come by and easily lost. Slaves - Females - 14 thru 25: 7 One of the best parts of being at Belle Grove Plantation is being a part of so many special moments in other peoples lives. WebRichard Bland Lee (17611827), American politician, he inherited a Virginia plantation and 29 slaves in 1787. WebNearly all of the structures at Belle Meade were constructed using the labor of the enslaved they built the slave quarters, blacksmith shop, barns, and mills. The latter was the first railroad to touch the parish. Father Deva retired in 1817, but on December 20, 1819, he blessed a new church which replaced the first shack-like house of worship. There are 21 manufacturing plants located in the parish. Ownership fell to the widow, Mrs. Susan Dupaty, who actively managed the paper for a number of years and sold it in 1902 to the Pioneer Publishing Co., Ltd. E. D. Gianelloni, grandson of Joseph Dupaty, later became editor. A marked drop was noticeable during the decade of the War between the States, for in 1870 the total reported was 13,324, of these 6,984 were colored. Web1111 Bourbon Street. William Lenoir (17511839), American Revolutionary War officer and prominent statesman, he was the largest slave-holder in the history of Wilkes County, North Carolina. In her spare time, the mistress bore and cared for numerous children, heirs to her husband's cotton or sugar estate. Homes in Belle Meade range from small cottages to large mansions, and prices start in the low six figures. Chiefs and leaders wore nobles, forbidden, on pain of losing station, to marry commoners. Source: Inventory of the parish archives of Louisiana: Assumption Parish. Slaves performed most of the manual, skilled, and domestic tasks on Louisiana plantations. By an act of 1819 the legislature required police juries to organize and administer a school system. It was 8 years in the building. Familial ties were subjected to the whims and fortunes of the plantation master, who often broke up families by selling off unneeded members. You can read our, People Enslaved at Belle Grove Plantation, The Slave Dwelling Project's Programs at Belle Grove, Plantation Office and Store: A Community Restoration Project, 2023 Hite of Excellence Series of Sumptuous Feasts, click here to learn more about this research. The Chitimacha groups made up one of the six leading tribes in Louisiana in 1700. The value of all crops was given as $2,314,563. 605 Congress Street. Assumption Parish is in the Twenty-third Judicial District, the Sixth Supreme Court District, the Second District, First Circuit Court of Appeal, the Third Congressional District, the Twelfth Senatorial District, and the Second Public Service Commission District. Originally designed by Louisiana's architect, Henry Howard in 1846. In addition to Man o War, War Admiral, and Secretariat, some of the greatest horses of American history were bred by the Harding/Jackson family. 1, four It was the residence of W. W. Pugh. WebBelle Alliance Plantation, 7244 Highway 308 South, Donaldsonville, Ascension Parish, LA Names Historic American Buildings Survey, creator Howard, Henry Tulane University, School of Architecture, sponsor Cizek, Eugene D, faculty sponsor Arens, Francisco J Barrier, Catherine Emily Cale, Cordelia Lewis, Miranda Marroquin, Ivan Otero, Andres In 1940 the assessed valuation of all real property in the parish amounted to $6,063,648. Two railroads serve the parish. Decided decreases are shown in the next 20 years with a total of 17,912 white and colored residents in 1920, and 15,890 in 1930. This reliance on a single cash crop brought disaster in the 1920's when the Mosaic disease swept Assumption's cane fields.Hybrid canes from Java, then from India, were brought in, followed still later by other varieties developed in the United States, and the industry once again became the good provider for Louisiana's sugar bowl area. New Orleans, Louisiana 70116. c: (504) 481-4790. e: peter@peterpatout.com. Small Farmers and Ranchers The vast majority of rural whites and free blacks lived on small or modest-sized holdings and owned no slaves, or at most a few, with whom they worked side by side in the fields. Its products were grain, livestock, flax and hemp. The plantation had over 300 slaves who worked in the fields and in the house. Several differences with adjoining parishes as to the boundary lines have arisen, but these were cleared with only minor changes and Assumption's area remains substantially the same as when set up. They poured profits back into their plantations, while spending at least some of their earnings on luxurious consumer goods. document.write(cy). They have an extremely secure community and a police department that is independent. The latter retired in March 1851, and Superveille operated the paper until 1855 when Judge Amadeo Morel purchased the property and was editor for about 3 months. His association with Superveille continued after the latter sold the Pioneer, the two issuing a weekly at Donaldsonville. However, Assumption more than regained the loss by 1880, when figures were 6,938 white and 8,067 colored; a total of 17,010, with 1 Indian and 4 Chinese in the parish. In 1830, at the height of their affluence, the Metoyers owned more slaves than any other free black family in the United States. Producers could grow cotton just as profitably on small farms with few laborers as they could on large plantations with many slaves. Ten years later the total was 3,576, divided; 2,409 white, 1,149 slaves, and 16 free Negroes. 29, is a paved route, traversing Assumption north and south on the right bank of Bayou Lafourche. The Southern Pacific places the date of the extension to Napoleonville as 1899. On a plot donated by Miss Elizabeth Dugas, St. Elizabeth's Church at Paincourtville was built in 1640. Talbot Historic Properties. The legislature In 1904 conveyed title of its site within Napoleonville to the municipality, and it has been partially filled in. Planters organized militiamen and vigilantes, reinforced with United States Army troops from Baton Rouge and New Orleans. WebA group of slaves launched their attack from a plantation upriver from New Orleans. For those who want to live in Belle Meade, there are a number of different real estate options to choose from. The next year the Advocate also did some official printing. 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