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:

PRESENTING

A COMPLETE GUIDE

TO ALL SUBJECTS OF GENERAL INTEREST IN THE SOUTHERN

METROPOLIS;

WITH A

CORRECT AND IMPROVED PLAN OF THE CITY, PICTORIAL ILLUSTRA-
TIONS OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS, ETC.

Benjamin Moore

NEW ORLEANS:

PUBLISHED RY B. M. NORMAN.

NEW YORK, D. APPLETON & CO.; PHILADELPHIA, GEO. S. APPLETON ;
BOSTON, JAS. MUNROE & Co.; CINCINNATI, H. W. DERBY & CO. ¡
ST. LOUIS, HALSALL & COLLET; MOBILE, J. M. SUMWALT & CO.

1845.