Norman's New Orleans and Environs: Containing a Brief Historical Sketch of the Territory and State of Louisiana and the City of New Orleans, from the Earliest Period to the Present TimeNorman, Benjamin Moore
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Norman's New Orleans and Environs: Containing a Brief Historical Sketch of the Territory and State of Louisiana and the City of New Orleans, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time
Norman, Benjamin Moore
New Orleans (La.) -- Guidebooks
Territory of Louisiana, its boundaries, 7
its discovery by de Soto, 10
its immense extent, 8
transferred to Spain in 1763, 22
Theatre American 1823, 67
Orleans, 176
St. Charles, 178
"The Coast," its extent and luxuriance, 31
Third Municipality Work-house, 133
Tobacco Cuba, cultivated, 54
from Cuba, fine specimens of seed, ib.
raised at Natchitoches, ib.
worm how to prevent it, 55
Transfer of Louisiana to Spain, 22
Transfer of Louisiana to the United States in 1803, 26
Travelling Routes, 201
Tyrannical conduct of O'Reilly, 23
United States Marine Hospital, 125
Barracks, 86
Branch Bank, established in 1805, 66
Mint, 88
University of Louisiana, see note, 43
Unzoga succeeds O'Reilly as governor, 24
succeeded by Galvez, ib.
Ursuline Convent, the old, 103
Ursuline Chapel, 98
nuns arrived in 1730, 60
erect a new convent in 1824, 104
Vaudreuil marquis de, 20
Variety of the population of New Orleans, 73
Vegetable Market, 136
Verandah, 141
View of New Orleans from various points, 69
Vine, cultivation of the, 55
War between France and Spain, 19
England and France, in 1756, 21
do and Spain, in 1779, 24
do and the United States, 27
Watchmen first established in 1792, 64
Water, a project to supply it without charge, 148
Water Works, supply water from the Mississippi, 70
a description of them, 146
Washington Square, 181
Wesleyan Chapel, 103
Western Company, chartered in 1717, 17
fail, in 1732, 20
West Feliciana, its excellent soil, 32
Wilkinson, Gen., 26
Woods, Col. crosses the Mississippi, 13
Work-house of the Second Municipality, 130
Third do, 133
Yellow fever first introduced in 1769, 62
Yellow Fever, opinions of its transmissibility, 121
No. of cases in Hospital from 1822, to 1844, 120
Young Men's, Howard Association, 115
Literary do, 167
ADVERTISEMENTS.
JUST PUBLISHED,
BY
B. M. NORMAN,
16 CAMP STREET, NEW ORLEANS.
NORMAN'S
PLAN OF NEW ORLEANS AND ENVIRONS,
A COMPLETE MAP OF THE CITY AND VICINITY, IN POCKET FORM. ALSO, ON
CARDS, FOR COUNTING ROOMS AND PUBLIC OFFICES.
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NORMAN'S
NEW ORLEANS BUSINESS DIRECTORY,
For 1845-6.
Containing the names, residences and occupations of Merchants and
Bankers, Mechanics and Professional men. Classed and arranged
alphabetically.
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PRICES REDUCED.
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AND
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