The Commercial, Social, Political and General History of New Orleans
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| Hersteller: | Forgotten Books (Jewell, Edwin L.) |
| Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
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Excerpt from The Commercial, Social, Political and General History of New Orleans: Including Biographical Sketches of Its Distinguished Citizens No city in the United States, of equal population, commercial importance and material wealth, is so little known by the outside world as Hew Orleans. And yet its history, full of romantic incident and legendary lore is in itself sufficient to fill a volume, whilst its peculiar characteristics, local institutions, and singular manners and customs of its people would furnish material for a work of larger scope than is designed by the author of this publication. It is, however, his object and desire to present to the reader, in an attractive and succinct form, a brief historical outline of the most prominent features that contribute to make the Crescent City the great metropolis of the South and South-West, and prove the intelligence, enterprise and progressive spirit of its citizens. It is also his design to produce such a work as will disseminate a more general knowledge of the local history of Hew Orleans and will, in a great degree, demonstrate its immense resources, advantages and attractions, and at the same time furnish such information as will engage the attention of the casual reader and command the serious consideration of capitalists, immigrants and the commercial world. In the preparation of this volume, comprising as it does, a vast amount of information and a great variety of subjects, the author has been materially assisted by the contributions of a number of literary friends whose valuable services he desires to publicly acknowledge. The Hon. Charles Gayarre, Prof. D. K. Whittaker, Prof. Alex Dimitry, Hon. Wm. M. Burwell, Albert Fabre, Esq., E. W. Halsey, Esq., Judge Alexander Walker and Mr. E. C. Hancock, of the New Orleans "Times," and Mr. J. A. Quintero, of the "Picaynne," have all lent the aid of their graceful pens to the pages of the Crescent City Illustrated. To say that all of these gentlemen are recognized as writers of the highest order of literary talent would only be to accord them their well-merited reputation. Extracts also have been made from "Norman´s History of New Orleans," and other volumes have contributed interesting statistics which have been carefully compiled and arranged. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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