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The Boston Club is an exclusive private gentlemen's club in New Orleans, Louisiana, US, founded in 1841 as a place for its white members to congregate and partake in the fashionable card game of Boston. It is the third oldest City Club in the United States, after the Philadelphia Club (1834) and Union Club of the City of New York (1836). [1]
New Orleans. The Boston Club (1841), oldest in the South. [205] The Elkin Club (1832–1838), vicinity of Bayou St. John; Louisiana Debating and Literary Association (1877) [206] Le Moyne de Bienville Club (1964) [207] The New Orleans Athletic Club (1872) [208] [209] The Pelican Club (1843–1865) closed during the Civil War; The Pickwick Club ...
Boston Club building, New Orleans, 1924. Items portrayed in this file ... File history. Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. Date/Time ...
Spofford was elected to the Louisiana Supreme Court and served until 1858, when he resigned to return to his law practice. He was a member of The Boston Club of New Orleans. [1] Spofford was married on January 7, 1861, to Ophelia Jane Martin (1832-1894), daughter of Judge Thomas Martin of Pulaski, Tennessee.
To be considered a Debutante in *New Orleans, a young woman must be presented at a party by her family and/or their friends, and at one or more of the following Clubs: Le Debut des Jeunes Filles de la Nouvelle Orleans; The Bachelor's Club; The Pickwick Club; The Debutante Club; The Mid-Winter Cotillion; The Original Illinois Club; The Young Men ...
The Pickwick Club New Orleans, LA The Times Picayune Wed Apr 13 1859 The Elkin Club, named after Harvey Elkin, was founded in 1832 by a group of Harvey's friends who purchased "Elkinville" after Mr. Elkin encountered financial difficulty, these men included John Slidell , John Randolph Grymes , and Glendy Burke ; and was the first official ...
His mastication system became known as "Fletcherism". He was a member of The Boston Club of New Orleans and founding member of The Bohemian Club of San Francisco. [2] Fletcher and his followers recited and followed his instructions religiously, even claiming that liquids, too, had to be chewed in order to be properly mixed with saliva.
He was a member of the Boston Club of New Orleans, the board of regent of the Louisiana Universities, a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1973, a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity at Tulane University, a former member of Opelousas City Planning Commission, and a former president of the Louisiana Press Association from 1959-60 ...