Eight days in New-Orleans in February, 1847
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- EIGHT DAYS IN NEW-ORLEANS
- IN FEBRUARY,
- 1847,
- OF MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA.
- NOTE.
- CHAPTER I.
- A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE DISCOVERY OF THE MISSISSIPPI.—DESOTO'S EXPEDITION,—HIS DEATH,—THE FATE OF HIS PARTY, ETC.
- CHAPTER II.
- THE EARLY SETTLEMENT OF NEW ORLEANS,—OF BILOXI,—NATCHEZ.—GOVERNOR IBERVILLE AND HIS SUCCESSOR.
- CHAPTER III.
- GEN. JACKSON.—THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS.—THE POPULATION AT THAT DAY, AND OTHER THINGS ABOUT THE CRESCENT CITY.
- CHAPTER IV.
- NEW ORLEANS IN 1847.—ITS EXTENT AND SITUATION.—LAFAYETTE.—CARROLLTON, ETC.
- CHAPTER V.
- THE CATHEDRAL.—ORPHAN'S ASYLUM.—THE SISTERS OF CHARITY, ETC.
- CHAPTER VI.
- THE UNITED STATES BRANCH MINT.—THE WATER WORKS.—MARKETS, ETC.
- CHAPTER VII.
- OTHER PUBLIC BUILDINGS.—THE FRENCH THEATRE.—THE CARNIVAL.—THE ST. CHARLES, ETC.
- CHAPTER VIII.
- THE ROADS IN THE ENVIRONS.—THE TOWN OF CARROLLTON.—THE WOOD YARDS.—RIVER-BOTTOMS, ETC.
- CHAPTER IX.
- ORLEANS AT NIGHT.—THE COMMERCE OF THE PLACE.—THE TWENTY-SECOND OF FEBRUARY.
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