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- Eight days in New-Orleans in February, 1847
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10 totalEIGHT DAYS IN NEW-ORLEANS - IN FEBRUARY, - 1847, - BY ALBERT J. PICKETT, - 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.
Description
A brief, lively portrait emerges from a traveler’s eight‑day stay in the Crescent City, offering listeners a snapshot of New Orleans in February 1847. The narrator weaves personal observations of the bustling riverfront market, the city’s distinctive architecture, and the everyday rhythms of its diverse inhabitants, all filtered through the fresh eyes of a first‑time chronicler.
Interlaced with these contemporary scenes are vivid sketches of the Mississippi’s early explorers, recalling the daring expedition of Hernando de Soto and the river’s role as America’s great commercial artery. The writer’s modest ambition—to share a compassionate view of the city’s flaws and charms—gives the account an earnest, almost diary‑like intimacy, inviting listeners to step back into a pivotal moment of Southern history.
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Produced by Alison Hadwin and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Release date
2010-05-26
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Public domain in the USA.
About the author
Albert James Pickett
1810–1858
Best remembered as Alabama’s first historian, he turned a deep interest in the state’s early past into a landmark two-volume history published in 1851. His work helped preserve stories of Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi from their earliest periods.
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