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| We now reach the lands of Major Samuel Porcher of Mexico; and from the banks of the canal once seen the homestead of that gentleman. |
| This plantation, the first in St. Stephen's Parish lies in both Parishes. After his death in 1858, it descended to his son W. Mazyck Porcher. In March, 1865, it was ruthlessly burnt to the ground by order of a man calling himself Gen. Hartwell. Before burning the house he robbed it of all the valuables it contained, and never returned them to the owner. |
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