Norman's New Orleans and Environs, published by B. M. Norman

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Author

Norman, Benjamin Moore, 1809-1860

Title

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

Credits

Produced by Julia Miller, JoAnn Greenwood and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

F350.5: United States local history: Mississippi River and Valley. Middle West

Subject

New Orleans (La.) -- Guidebooks

Category

Text

eBook-No.

38837

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/38837

Release Date

February 11, 2012

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Transcriber's Notes: — NORMAN'S NEW ORLEANS AND ENVIRONS: CONTAINING A BRIEF HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE TERRITORY AND STATE OF LOUISIANA, AND THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS,
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.NORMAN'S NEW ORLEANS AND ENVIRONS.
4. 4.A BRIEF SKETCH OF THE DISCOVERY AND TERRITORIAL HISTORY OF LOUISIANA
5. 5.THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
6. 6.NEW ORLEANS — METEOROLOGICAL TABLE.
7. 7.PUBLIC BUILDINGS — THE UNITED STATES BARRACKS — THE UNITED STATES BRANCH MINT — THE CUSTOM HOUSE — THE POST OFFICE — THE STATE HOUSE — THE CATHEDRAL — ST. PATRICK'S CHURCH — ST. AUGUSTINE CHURCH — ST. ANTOINE'S, OR THE MORTUARY CHAPEL — THE CHAPEL OF THE URSULINES — CHRIST CHURCH, (EPISCOPAL) — ST. PAUL'S CHURCH, (EPISCOPAL) — THE ANNUNCIATION CHURCH, (EPISCOPAL) — THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — THE SECOND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — THE FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH — THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH — THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH — WESLEYAN CHAPEL — THE OLD URSULINE CONVENT — THE NEW CONVENT — THE CARMELITE CONVENT — THE CYPRESS GROVE CEMETERY — CATHOLIC CEMETERIES — THE PROTESTANT CEMETERY — ST. PATRICK'S CEMETERY
8. 8.CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS — THE FEMALE ORPHAN ASYLUM — THE MALE ORPHAN ASYLUM — THE POYDRAS FEMALE ORPHAN ASYLUM — THE CATHOLIC MALE ORPHAN ASYLUM — LES DAMES DE LA PROVIDENCE — THE SAMARITAN CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION — THE FIREMEN'S CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION — YOUNG MEN'S HOWARD ASSOCIATION — THE HEBREW BENEVOLENT SOCIETY — THE MILNE ORPHAN ASYLUM
9. 9.HOSPITALS — THE CHARITY HOSPITAL — TABLE. — MAISON DE SANTE — CIRCUS STREET INFIRMARY — THE FRANKLIN INFIRMARY — THE UNITED STATES MARINE HOSPITAL
10. 10.PUBLIC BUILDINGS — THE MUNICIPAL HALL — THE CITY PRISONS — SECOND MUNICIPALITY WORK-HOUSE — THIRD MUNICIPALITY WORK-HOUSE — THE COURT-HOUSE — THE CITY HALL — MARKETS — POYDRAS STREET MARKET — THE VEGETABLE MARKET — THE MEAT MARKET — ST. MARY'S MARKET — EXCHANGE HOTEL, (ST. CHARLES) — THE VERANDAH — ST. LOUIS HOTEL — HEWLETT'S HOTEL — THE GAS WORKS — THE WATER WORKS — ARMORIES — THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
11. 11.MANUFACTURES — THE IRON FOUNDRY — STEAM PLANING MILL — STEAM SAW MILLS — ROPE WALKS — THE COTTON PRESSES — THE LEVEE COTTON PRESS — THE ORLEANS COTTON PRESS — BANKS — LOUISIANA STATE BANK — THE MECHANICS' AND TRADERS' BANK — THE CITY BANK — THE GAS BANK — THE CANAL BANK — THE BANK OF LOUISIANA — BANKS' ARCADE — CITY EXCHANGE — THE COMMERCIAL EXCHANGE — THE MERCHANTS' EXCHANGE — THE MERCHANTS' READING ROOM — THE NEW ORLEANS READING ROOMS — THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS — PUBLIC SCHOOL LYCEUM AND SOCIETY LIBRARY — MEDICAL COLLEGE OF LOUISIANA — THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF PAINTINGS — THE PRESS
12. 12.AMUSEMENTS — ORLEANS THEATRE — THE NEW ST. CHARLES THEATRE — THE AMERICAN THEATRE — THE CIRCUS
13. 13.THE PUBLIC SQUARES
14. 14.THE OLDEN TIME — THE OLD SPANISH BUILDING
15. 15.EXCURSIONS
16. 16.TRAVELLING ROUTES — Route 1. — From New Orleans to New York, via Pittsburgh, Pa., by Steamboat. — Route 2. — New Orleans to New York, via St. Louis, Chicago and Buffalo, (see route 1.) to Mouth of the Ohio, Steamboat to St. Joseph. — Route 3. — New Orleans to New York, via Wheeling and Baltimore. — Route 4. — New Orleans to New York, Mail line. — Route 5. — New Orleans to Fort Gibson by steamboat. — Route 6. — New Orleans to Balize, and Gulf of Mexico, by Steamboat. — Route 7. — New Orleans to the Raft on Red River, by Steamboat. — Route 8. — New Orleans to Pittsburg, Miss., by Steamboat. — Route 9. — New Orleans to Nashville, Tenn., by Steamboat. — Route 10. — New Orleans to Florence, Al. , by Steamboat.
17. 17.GENERAL INDEX
18. 18.ADVERTISEMENTS. — FOOTNOTES: — Transcriber's Notes:

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