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Accusation published in a New Orleans newspaper that the Jackson Party purchased several lots of ground in the fauxbourg St. Mary and parcelled them out to three hundred of their adherents to qualify them as voters in the upcoming election in 1828.
title
Accusation published in a New Orleans newspaper that the Jackson Party purchased several lots of ground in the fauxbourg St. Mary and parcelled them out to three hundred of their adherents to qualify them as voters in the upcoming election in 1828.
Subject
United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Law & legal affairs, Corruption, Political elections, Land tenure, Voting, Voter registration, Suffrage
Date Issued
1828-06-07
Abstract
Text, June 7, 1828. Communication. Accusation published in a New Orleans newspaper that the Jackson Party purchased several lots of ground in the fauxbourg St. Mary and parceled them out to three hundred of their adherents to qualify them as voters in the upcoming election. The remainder of the article discusses the moral repercussions of this type of corruption within the city. Published in the Argus.
Act to authorize the Grand Lodge of the state of Louisiana to raise a certain sum of money by means of a lottery
title
Act to authorize the Grand Lodge of the state of Louisiana to raise a certain sum of money by means of a lottery
Subject
United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Law & legal affairs, Legislation, Fund raising, Lotteries
Date Issued
1827-03-10
Abstract
Text, 1827. An act allowing the "Grand Lodge of the State of Louisiana" to raise by a lottery the sum of thirty-five thousand dollars ($35,000) to build a Masonic hall in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Advertisement for fire insurance offered by the New York Firemen Insurance Company by Gilbert E. Russell in New Orleans in 1818.
title
Advertisement for fire insurance offered by the New York Firemen Insurance Company by Gilbert E. Russell in New Orleans in 1818.
Subject
Insurance, Business & finance, Insurance companies, Business enterprises, Dwellings, Fires, Accidents
Date Issued
1818-07-23
Abstract
Text, July 23, 1818. New York Firemen Insurance Company. Capital, 500,000 Dollars, Amply Secured. Published in the Louisiana Gazette. Advertisement for fire insurance offered by the New York Firemen Insurance Company by Gilbert E. Russell in New Orleans. The company provides insurance against fire on goods, wares, and merchandise, houses, buildings, mills and vessels in port. A list of directors is provided.
Communication
title
Communication
Subject
United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Steamboats, Arrivals & departures
Date Issued
1827-02-14
Abstract
Several new steamboats have arrived at the levee in New Orleans, Louisiana: The Lady of the Lake, Franklin, Attakapas, and American.
Communication regarding Feliciana Parish election
title
Communication regarding Feliciana Parish election
Subject
United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Political elections, Courthouses
Date Issued
1829-06-18
Abstract
An election was held in Feliciana Parish to determine that the court house would be placed in St. Francisville, Louisiana.
Communication: prospectus of publication "The New Orleans Medical Journal"
title
Communication: prospectus of publication "The New Orleans Medical Journal"
Subject
Medicine, Medical education, Medical students, Hospitals, Sick persons, Mental institutions
Date Issued
1844-01-31
Abstract
Text, January 31, 1844. The prospectus of a quarterly publication devoted to the cultivation of medicine and the associate science in New Orleans. Describes where patients/invalids are housed in the city and the practices and advantages for medical students in New Orleans.
Communication; drainage of swamplands near New Orleans, Louisiana in 1836
title
Communication; drainage of swamplands near New Orleans, Louisiana in 1836
Subject
Wetlands, Water, United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana
Date Issued
1836-05-31
Abstract
Text, May 31, 1836. Swamplands near New Orleans will be drained with a steam engine operated by the Draining Company. Discusses plans for drainage and concerns about the project.
Communication; inauguration of Governor Mouton n 1843
title
Communication; inauguration of Governor Mouton n 1843
Subject
Governors, Inaugurations, Mouton, Alexander, 1804-1885, Roman, Andre Bienvenu, 1795-1866, United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana
Date Issued
1843-01-31
Abstract
Text, January 31, 1843. An account of the inauguration of Governor Alexander Mouton as governor of Louisiana. Description of the scene, participants, oath of office, and the change of leadership from Gov. Roman to Gov. Mouton.
Communication; legislature to convene Monday for week in ancient building
title
Communication; legislature to convene Monday for week in ancient building
Subject
Buildings, Capitols, Governors, Allen, Oscar Kelly, 1882 - 1936, United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana
Date Issued
1932-05-08
Abstract
Text, May 8, 1932. On the verge of Gov. O.K. Allen's inauguration and the moving of state government operations to the new state capitol in Louisiana, key points in the history of the "old" state capitol is discussed.
Communication; rag picker
title
Communication; rag picker
Subject
Ragpicking, Foraging, Poor persons, United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana
Date Issued
1850-03-17
Abstract
Text, March 17, 1850. Describes the life and job of a man in New Orleans Louisiana known as the "rag picker."
Corpses cannot be displayed in churches from July to December, 1821.
title
Corpses cannot be displayed in churches from July to December, 1821.
Subject
United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Dead persons, Funeral rites & ceremonies, Legislation
Date Issued
1821-04-18
Abstract
Ordinance concerning public health, regarding the "exposition" of corpses in the church and their "putrid exhalations." Deceased persons shall not be exposed in churches from July 1 to December 1 each year, or fines of $100 will be levied.
Decisions of the Grand Jury presented to the Criminal Court of New Orleans in 1841.
title
Decisions of the Grand Jury presented to the Criminal Court of New Orleans in 1841.
Subject
United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Grand juries, Criminals, Judicial proceedings, Prisons, Prison reform, Prison laborers, Prisoners, Taxes, Tax payers
Date Issued
1841-01-31
Abstract
Text, January 31, 1841. The Grand Jury. Published in the Daily Picayune. Decisions of the Grand Jury presented to the Criminal Court of New Orleans, Louisiana concerning prison conditions, a workhouse system, lottery tickets, annual transient visitors who do not pay taxes and the establishment of an inferior court for minor offenses.
Departure of the "Latrobe" with 75 African American passengers sailing to Liberia, Africa in 1843
title
Departure of the "Latrobe" with 75 African American passengers sailing to Liberia, Africa in 1843
Subject
United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, American Colonization Society, Slavery, African Americans, Ships, Latrobe, John H. B. (John Hazlehurst Boneval), 1803-1891
Date Issued
1843-11-17
Abstract
Text, November 17, 1843. For Liberia. Announcement of the departure of the ship "Latrobe" with 75 African American passengers sailing to Liberia of Africa under the Colonization Society of Mr. Latrobe. The passengers berths are well described and the emigrants were addressed by three Reverends, all listed in the article.
Description of a Mormon prayer meeting in New Orleans in 1842.
title
Description of a Mormon prayer meeting in New Orleans in 1842.
Subject
United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Christianity, Mormon churches, Religious meetings, Religious services
Date Issued
1842-01-12
Abstract
Text, January 12, 1842. Mormonism in New Orleans. Published in the Daily Picayune. Description of a Mormon prayer meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana. The article is somewhat cynical in its description. A man referred to as Elder Sherwood led the event.
Description of a tornado and its aftermath in New Orleans and surrounding areas in 1906.
title
Description of a tornado and its aftermath in New Orleans and surrounding areas in 1906.
Subject
United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Disaster victims, Tornadoes, Emergency housing, Storms, Cyclones, Weather, Waterspouts
Date Issued
1906-10-06
Abstract
Text, October 6, 1906. Tornadoes Strike City and State. Narrow path across city marked by wreckage, but only victims are in Tangipahoa, St. James and West Baton Rouge. Straight path cut through the upper city beginning with Soniat and the River and ending at the Gas Works. Few Buildings Destroyed and No Lives lost, escape being miraculous, as the Phenomenon was Freakish. Description of a tornado and its aftermath in New Orleans and surrounding areas in 1906. The extent of the damage is extensively detailed. Published in the Daily Picayune.
A description of the life and death of David Hennessy, the assasinated Police Chief of New Orleans in 1890
title
description of the life and death of David Hennessy, the assasinated Police Chief of New Orleans in 1890
Subject
United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Hennessy, David, 1858-1890, Police, Assassinations, Homicides
Date Issued
1890-10-17
Abstract
Text, October 17, 1890. The Dead Superintendent: Life and Public Services of David C. Hennessy. Published by the Times Democrat. A description of the life and death of Hennessy, the assisinated Police Chief of New Orleans.
Document concerning mortgages of a slave and plantation in St. James Parish in 1817.
title
Document concerning mortgages of a slave and plantation in St. James Parish in 1817.
Subject
United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Mortgages, Slaves, Plantations, Law & legal affairs
Date Issued
1817-02-10
Abstract
Text, February 10, 1817. Communication. State of Louisiana, First Judicial District. Published in the Louisiana Gazette. Document concerning mortgages of a slave and plantation in St. James Parish. Order created by the Judge Joshua Lewis of the Court Clerks office in January of 1817.
Editor of Louisiana Gazette defends himself
title
Editor of Louisiana Gazette defends himself
Subject
Political elections, Legislators, Newspapers, Ethics, United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana
Date Issued
1824-07-05
Abstract
Text, July 5, 1824. The editor (apparently) of the Louisiana Gazette defies his enemies to prove that his newspaper has "advocated" for a particular candidate in upcoming elections.
Extension of the port of New Orleans in 1848.
title
Extension of the port of New Orleans in 1848.
Subject
United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Waterfronts, Piers & wharves, Harbors
Date Issued
1848-05-09
Abstract
Text, May 9, 1848. Extension of the Port. Extension of the port of New Orleans in 1848 by an act of Congress. The port new extends from the lower line of Freeport above to the lower limits of the Third Municipality. Published in the Daily Crescent.
Fifty maids and fifty groomsmen right for cajun wedding
title
Fifty maids and fifty groomsmen right for cajun wedding
Subject
Acadians, Weddings, Manners & customs, United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana
Date Issued
1928-05-08
Abstract
Text, 1928. Description of a Cajun wedding in Lockport Louisiana. Wedding of Jeanne Brunet to Calis Thibodaux.

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