Impressions Respecting New Orleans : : Diary & Sketches 1818-1820 / / Benjamin Henry, Boneval Latrobe.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter CUP eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub)
• VerfasserIn: Henry, Benjamin,; Latrobe, Boneval,
• TeilnehmendeR: Latrobe, Boneval,; Wilson, Samuel.
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1951]; ©1951
• Year of Publication: 1951
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

A collection of diary entries, notes, and other writings by Benjamin Henry Boneval Latrobe, often recognized as the founder of architecture in America, on his impressions and recollections of New Orleans from 1818-1820.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Introduction -- Book One: Journal of a Voyage from Baltimore to New Orleans December 17, 1818-January 11, 1819 -- Book Two: First Appearance of New Orleans to a Stranger January 12, 1819-January 25, 1819 -- Book Four: New Orleans Notes February 16, 1819-February 26, 1819 -- Book Five: More New Orleans Notes February 27, 1819-March 9, 1819 -- Book Six: Recollections, etc. March 9, 1819-April 4, 1819 -- Book Seven: More New Orleans Notes April 4, 1819-October 7, 1819 -- Book Eight: To Philadelphia by Sea and Return Overland to New Orleans October 7, 1819-August 20, 1820 -- Appendices -- Appendix A: Report on the Lighthouse at Frank's Island & on the Balize, May 8th 1819, by B. H. B. Latrobe, Esq. -- Appendix B: Letter of Julia Latrobe to Her Brother, Cadet J. H. B. Latrobe, Military Academy, West Point, New York -- Appendix C: Letter of Mrs. B. H. B. Latrobe to Mrs. Catherine Smith -- Appendix D: Letter of Mrs. B. H. B. Latrobe to General Robert Goodloe Harper -- Index