February

Address at the Dedication of a Historical Marker to Charles Cronea ...................... Joel Kirpatrick
Testimony of Three Escaped Prisoners from Galveston in 1818 .............................. Jean L. Epperson
A Visit to Laffite's Grave ........................................................................................ Reginald Wilson
The Ships' Officers (Part III) .................................................................................. Wil Zapalac
When Did Jean Laffite Leave Galveston?
      (With a Related Citation Provided by Reginald Wilson) ..................................... Jean L. Epperson

Special Event, Tuesday April 8, 1997: Dinner Party at the Earthman Home ............... Dorothy Karilanovic
Order Form for Newly Published Work by Robert C. Vogel & Kathleen F. Taylor -
Jean Laffite In American History: A Bibliographic Guide
Photocopy of a Pencil Sketch of Louis Aury as a Young Man ........... Submitted by Jean L. Epperson

The Laffite Society
Galveston Island, Texas
 Established 1994

August

The Saga of the Seal (with color print and legend) ................................... Pam Keyes and Dr. Reginald Wilson
A Brief History of The Laffite Study Group, 1975 - 1990 ......................... Robert C. Vogel
The Final Resting Place of Jean Laffite ...................................................... Paul Gardiner
The Adventures of Laffite and the Pirates of Barataria

(translated from the Spanish by Jeff Modzelewski) ...... Francisco Mota
Special Event January 8, 1998: Address of Laffite Society by President R. Dale Olson
to The Louisiana Historical Society ........................ Jeff Modzelewski
Special Event, May 9 - 11, 1997: Trip to Grand Isle and Grande Terre, Louisiana
(Laffite's Barataria) ..................................................................... Dorothy McD. Karilanovic
Special Event, Weekend of May 29 - 31, 1998:Southwest Society of Archivists Annual Meeting,
and a Stay in St. Martinville, Louisiana .................................. R. Dale Olson