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newspaper in

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, founded on September 1, 1827, by François Delaup and originally located at 94 St. Peter Street, between

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and Bourbon. The newspaper ceased publication on December 27, 1923.

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Initially published three times a week in French, an

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section was added on November 24, 1827, and in this form it was the most successful of New Orleans daily newspapers in the middle of the nineteenth century. The English section was abandoned in 1872 because of increased competition from English-language newspapers but later restored. A

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section (''Abeja'') was published in 1829–1830. Until at least 1897 ''L'Abeille'' remained "almost certainly the daily newspaper of choice" for French officials in New Orleans. The title was purchased in 1921 by ''

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'' and was published weekly until it closed in 1923. It was by some accounts the last French-language newspaper in New Orleans, ceasing publication on December 27, 1923, after ninety-six years; others assert that it was outlasted by '' Le Courrier de la Nouvelle Orleans'', which continued until 1955.''Language Shift in the Coastal Marshes of Louisiana'' by Kevin James Rottet. Peter Lang Publishing: 2001. pg 60
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