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Louisiana

State of the United States of America

Louisiana is a state in the Deep South region of the South Central United States. It is the 19th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is bordered by the state of Texas to the west, Arkansas to the north, Mississippi to the east, and the Gulf of Mexico to the south. A large part of its eastern boundary is demarcated by the Mississippi River. Louisiana is the only U.S. state with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are equivalent to counties. The state's capital is Baton Rouge, and its largest city is New Orleans.

Much of the state's lands were formed from sediment washed down the Mississippi River, leaving enormous deltas and vast areas of coastal marsh and swamp. These contain a rich southern biota; typical examples include birds such as ibises and egrets. There are also many species of tree frogs, and fish such as sturgeon and paddlefish. In more elevated areas, fire is a natural process in the landscape and has produced extensive areas of longleaf pine forest and wet savannas. These support an exceptionally large number of plant species, including many species of terrestrial orchids and carnivorous plants. Louisiana has more Native American tribes than any other southern state, including four that are federally recognized, ten that are state recognized, and four that have not received recognition.

Some Louisiana urban environments have a multicultural, multilingual heritage, being so strongly influenced by a mixture of 18th-century French, Italian, Haitian, Spanish, French Canadian, Native American, and African cultures that they are considered to be exceptional in the U.S. Before the American purchase of the territory in 1803, the present-day State of Louisiana had been both a French colony and for a brief period a Spanish one. In addition, colonists imported numerous African people as slaves in the 18th century. Many came from peoples of the same region of West Africa, thus concentrating their culture. In the post-Civil War environment, Anglo-Americans increased the pressure for Anglicization, and in 1921, English was for a time made the sole language of instruction in Louisiana schools before a policy of multilingualism was revived in 1974. There has never been an official language in Louisiana, and the state constitution enumerates "the right of the people to preserve, foster, and promote their respective historic, linguistic, and cultural origins".

Like other states in the Deep South region, Louisiana frequently ranks low in terms of health, education, and development, and high in measures of poverty. In 2018, Louisiana was ranked as the least healthy state in the country, with high levels of drug-related deaths and excessive alcohol consumption, while it has had the highest homicide rate in the United States since at least the 1990s.

Louisiana Media

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Smokestacks and bridge of a steamboat docked at Jackson Square on the Mississippi River, New Orleans, Louisiana

Smokestacks and bridge of a steamboat docked at Jackson Square on the ...

Marine Sgt. at New Orleans, La.

Marine Sgt. at New Orleans, La.

Mardi Gras Parade, New Orleans, Louisiana

Mardi Gras Parade, New Orleans, Louisiana

Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Mardi Gras is organized by Carnival krewes. Krewe float riders toss throws to the crowds; the most common are strings of plastic colorful beads, doubloons... More

DCM 0060: Charles G. Christman Flute in C

DCM 0060: Charles G. Christman Flute in C

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Cocus or rosewood, ivory head with wood cap, nickel silver keys and ferrules.; 59.4 cm. Key Holes System: 4 keys, round flat flap, pin in block. Mark Maximum: C. G. CHRISTMA... More

Carte de la Louisiane et du cours du Mississipi,

Carte de la Louisiane et du cours du Mississipi,

Relief shown pictorially. Shows "Natichitoches, éstablissemt. françois fait en 1717 par Mr. de Bienville" and routes of explorers, De Soto and others. LC copy mounted on cloth backed paper. Folded in six, split... More

A new map of the north parts of America claimed by France under ye names of Louisiana, Mississipi i.e. Mississippi, Canada, and New France with ye adjoining territories of England and Spain : to Thomas Bromsall, esq., this map of Louisiana, Mississipi i.e. Mississippi & c. is most humbly dedicated, H. Moll, geographer

A new map of the north parts of America claimed by France under ye nam...

Relief shown pictorially. Phillips. Maps of America. Includes notes and ill. of "The Indian Fort Sasquesahanok." Insets: The harbour of Annapolis Royal -- A map of ye mouth of Mississipi [i.e. Mississippi] and ... More

A Map of Louisiana and of the River Mississippi.

A Map of Louisiana and of the River Mississippi.

Colonial America. This map, taken from the New General Atlas, 1721, is dedicated to Mr. Law. It is a translation of the French map of Delisle, published in 1718. Maps of the Miss. River Exhibit no. 10. Availabl... More

A map of Louisiana and of the river Mississipi [i.e. Mississippi] : this map of the Mississipi [i.e. Mississippi] is most humbly inscribed to William Law of Lanreston, esq. /

A map of Louisiana and of the river Mississipi [i.e. Mississippi] : th...

Relief shown pictorially. From: A new general atlas, containing a geographical and historical account of all the empires, kingdoms, and other dominions of the world, 1721. Phillips. Maps of America. Includes no... More

Plan de la Nouvelle Orleans.

Plan de la Nouvelle Orleans.

Carte du cours du fleuve St. Louis depuis dix lieues audessus de la Nouvelle Orleans jusqu'à son embouchure ou sont marquées les habitations formées, et les terrains concedez [i.e. concédés], auxquels on n'a pas travaille.

Carte du cours du fleuve St. Louis depuis dix lieues audessus de la No...

Relief shown pictorially. Shows the lower Mississippi River from the vicinity of New Orleans to its mouth, east portion of lake Pontchartrain, and estuaries. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Map in 2 sections mounte... More

Carte de la Province et Colonie de la Louisiane, dans la partie Septentrionnal de l'Amerique /

Carte de la Province et Colonie de la Louisiane, dans la partie Septen...

Shows the Mississippi River and tributaries from the Illinois River south to the Gulf of Mexico. Gift; Partial funding for this purchase from the Ed Cox Legacy Fund; 2007. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Available ... More

Carte particulière d'une partie de la Louisianne ou les fleuve et rivierres i.e. rivières onts etés relevé a l'estime & les routtes i.e. routes par terre relevé & mesurées aux pas, par les Srs. Broutin, de Vergés, ingénieurs & Saucier dessinateur

Carte particulière d'une partie de la Louisianne ou les fleuve et rivi...

Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Map in 2 sections mounted on cloth backing. This incomplete map without title covers only the east portion showing in the map entitled "Carte particulière d'une partie de la Louisian... More

Carte particulière d'une partie de la Louisianne ou les fleuve et rivierres [i.e. rivières] onts etés relevé a l'estime & les routtes [i.e. routes] par terre relevé & mesurées aux pas, par les Srs. Broutin, de Vergés, ingénieurs & Saucier dessinateur /

Carte particulière d'une partie de la Louisianne ou les fleuve et rivi...

Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Map in 2 sections mounted on cloth backing. Prime meridian: [Paris]. "This map of the Mississippi River Valley from Memphis to the Gulf of Mexico as far east as Mobile includes inter... More

Plan du rez de chaussée, du corps de logis double, de l'intendance de la Nlle Orléans, pour estre construit en maçonnerie de briques, entre cour et jardin--juin 1749.

Plan du rez de chaussée, du corps de logis double, de l'intendance de ...

Plan of other floor and number annotations on verso. Includes pencil notes in upper margin "Plan of Cabildo" and in lower margin "CT000694" and number annotations. Available also through the Library of Congress... More

Carte particulière du cours du fleuve St. Louis depuis le village sauvage jusqu'au dessous du Detour aux Angloix, des lacs Pontchartrain & Maurepas & des rivières & bayouc qui y aboutissent /

Carte particulière du cours du fleuve St. Louis depuis le village sauv...

Shows the Mississippi River in the vicinity of New Orleans from Colapissas to English Turn, lakes Maurepas and Pontchartrain, location of Native American settlements, fortifications, and natural features. Pen-a... More

Plan général du Fort Septentrional du Detour des Anglois, tel qu'il est présentement : [Louisiana] /

Plan général du Fort Septentrional du Detour des Anglois, tel qu'il es...

Relief shown pictorially. Shows buildings, internal facilities, and surrounding area. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Mounted on cloth backing. Copy annotated in pencil in lower left margin: 84482. A progress repor... More

Parlange Plantation, New Roads vic., Point Coupee Parish, Louisiana

Parlange Plantation, New Roads vic., Point Coupee Parish, Louisiana

Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: ca. 1750. Related name: Walter Parlange. Built by Marquis Vincent de Ternant. Brick molds and whip saws still in basement. All materials used prepa... More

Parlange Plantation, New Roads vic., Point Coupee Parish, Louisiana

Parlange Plantation, New Roads vic., Point Coupee Parish, Louisiana

Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: ca. 1750. Related name: Walter Parlange. Built by Marquis Vincent de Ternant. Brick molds and whip saws still in basement. All materials used prepa... More

Parlange Plantation, New Roads vic., Point Coupee Parish, Louisiana

Parlange Plantation, New Roads vic., Point Coupee Parish, Louisiana

Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: ca. 1750. Related name: Walter Parlange. Built by Marquis Vincent de Ternant. Brick molds and whip saws still in basement. All materials used prepa... More

Parlange Plantation, New Roads vic., Point Coupee Parish, Louisiana

Parlange Plantation, New Roads vic., Point Coupee Parish, Louisiana

Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: ca. 1750. Related name: Walter Parlange. Built by Marquis Vincent de Ternant. Brick molds and whip saws still in basement. All materials used prepa... More

A new & accurate map of Louisiana, with part of Florida and Canada, and the adjacent countries.

A new & accurate map of Louisiana, with part of Florida and Canada, an...

Scale ca. 1:8,500,000. Relief shown pictorially. "West longitude from London." "No. 100." From the author's A complete system of geography. 1752. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 12 Available also through t... More

A new & accurate map of Louisiana, with part of Florida and Canada, and the adjacent countries.

A new & accurate map of Louisiana, with part of Florida and Canada, an...

Scale ca. 1:8,500,000. Relief shown pictorially. "West longitude from London." "No. 59." From the author's A complete atlas or distinct view of the known world ... 1752. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 12 ... More

Carte de la Louisiane et des pays voisins, dédiée à M. Rouillé, sécretaire d'État, ayant le Département de la marine.

Carte de la Louisiane et des pays voisins, dédiée à M. Rouillé, sécret...

Scale ca. 1:5,800,000. "Longitude du méridien de l'île de Fer." Covers the area from Québec to the Gulf of Mexico and west of Santa Fé, N.M. Relief shown pictorially. Shows cities and towns, forts, some trails,... More

Canada et Louisiane,

Canada et Louisiane,

Scale ca. 1:4,450,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Lowery, 415 LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 34 Includes illus. of Niagara Falls and additional place-names. Available also through the Library... More

Canada et Louisiane

Canada et Louisiane

Scale ca. 1:4,450,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Lowery, 415 LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 33 Includes illus. of Niagara Falls and text at bottom of map. Available also through the Library ... More

Carte du Canada et de la Louisiane qui forment la Nouvelle France et des colonies angloises ou sont representez les pays contestez

Carte du Canada et de la Louisiane qui forment la Nouvelle France et d...

Scale ca. 1:5,000,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 72 Appears in Homann Erben's Atlas Compendiarivs (1757 [i.e. 1757]) Includes text. Available a... More

Carte de la Louisiane et pays voisins, pour servir a l'Histoire générale des voyages.

Carte de la Louisiane et pays voisins, pour servir a l'Histoire généra...

Scale ca. 1:10,000,000. Relief shown pictorially. "Tom XIV. No. 12." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 74 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault. AACR2

Plan of New Orleans the capital of Louisiana; with the disposition of its quarters and canals as they have been traced by Mr. de la Tour in the year 1720.

Plan of New Orleans the capital of Louisiana; with the disposition of ...

Amplissimæ regionis Mississipi seu provinciæ Ludovicianæ â R.P. Ludovico Hennepin Fransisc. Miss in America Septentrionali anno 1687.

Amplissimæ regionis Mississipi seu provinciæ Ludovicianæ â R.P. Ludovi...

Scale ca. 1:6,500,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Pictorial map. From Homann Erben's Atlas geographicvs maior. 1753-59 [i.e. 1784; v. 1, 1759] v. 1, part 2, no. 83. Available also through the Libra... More

Plan of New Orleans the capital of Louisiana; with the disposition of its quarters and canals as they have been traced by Mr. de la Tour in the year 1720.

Plan of New Orleans the capital of Louisiana; with the disposition of ...

Plan of New Orleans the capital of Louisiana; with the disposition of its quarters and canals as they have been traced by Mr. de la Tour in the year 1720.

Plan of New Orleans the capital of Louisiana; with the disposition of ...

Scale ca. 1:5,000. "Pa. 148" under brown edging. Insets: The course of Mississipi River, from Bayagoulas to the sea [ca. 1:800,000]--The east mouth of the Mississipi, with the plan of Fort la Balise which defen... More

Carte de la Louisiane et des pays voisins

Carte de la Louisiane et des pays voisins

Carte de la Louisiane et des pays voisins

Carte de la Louisiane et des pays voisins

Scale ca. 1:5,700,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. "Sur de nouvelles observations on a corrigé las lacs, et leurs environs, 1755." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 90 Differs from other copy in ... More

A map of Louisiana, with the course of the Missisipi, and the adjacent rivers, the nations of the natives, the French establishments and the mines; by the author of ye History of that colony. 1757.

A map of Louisiana, with the course of the Missisipi, and the adjacent...

Scale ca. 1:8,500,000. Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. From the author's The history of Louisiana; or of the western parts of Virginia and Carolina. 1763. v. 1. Available also through the Library of C... More

Amplissima regionis Mississipi seu provinciæ Ludovicianæ â R.P. Ludovico Hennepin Francisc Miss. in America septentrionali anno 1687 detectæ, nunc Gallorum coloniis et actionum negotiis toto orbe celeberrimæ.

Amplissima regionis Mississipi seu provinciæ Ludovicianæ â R.P. Ludovi...

Carte réduite des costes de la Louisiane et de la Floride.

Carte réduite des costes de la Louisiane et de la Floride.

Scale ca. 1:2,500,000. "Longitude occidentale du méridien de Paris." Depths shown by soundings. "No. 66." Inset: Carte des embouchures du fleuve St. Louis. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1602 Available al... More

Plan de la Nouvelle Orleans.

Plan de la Nouvelle Orleans.

Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

Louisiana, as formerly claimed by France, now containing part of British America to the east & Spanish America to the west of the Mississippi.

Louisiana, as formerly claimed by France, now containing part of Briti...

Scale ca. 1:10,000,000. Relief shown pictorially. Shows longitude west from London and Ferro. From the London magazine. v. 34, June 1765, p. 276-277. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 724 Available also thro... More

A map of Canada and the north part of Louisiana with the adjacent countrys.

A map of Canada and the north part of Louisiana with the adjacent coun...

Scale ca. 1:8,000,000. Relief shown pictorially. Shows the Pacific Coast from 40⁰ N. lat. to 60⁰ N. lat. From the author's General topography of North America and the West Indies. 1768. Available also through t... More

A map of Canada and the north part of Louisiana with the adjacent countrys.

A map of Canada and the north part of Louisiana with the adjacent coun...

Scale ca. 1:8,000,000. Relief shown pictorially. From the author's General topography of North America and the West Indies... 1768. Hand colored. Copy incomplete: Coverage ends at 100⁰ W. long. Available also t... More

Carte de la coste de la province de la Louisiane et des bouches du Micissipy ou fleuve St. Louis,

Carte de la coste de la province de la Louisiane et des bouches du Mic...

Scale ca. 1:700,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Soundings shown in fathoms. Shows the coast from "Baye de l'Ascencion," Louisiana to "Baye St. Joseph," Florida. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789,... More

Carte des possessions françoises et angloises dans le Canada, et partie de la Louisiane, 1756.

Carte des possessions françoises et angloises dans le Canada, et parti...

Scale ca. 1:3,900,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. From Louis Charles Desnos' Atlas général. 1767-[69] LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 70 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site... More

Draught of the R. Ibbeville.

Draught of the R. Ibbeville.

Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

Le Missisipi ou la Louisiane dans l'Amérique septentrionale

Le Missisipi ou la Louisiane dans l'Amérique septentrionale

Hand colored. Panorama. Pictorial map. Relief shown pictorially. Indexed for points of interest. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 651/1; 651/2

Plan of New Orleans.

Plan of New Orleans.

Oriented with North to the right. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

The Coast of West Florida and Louisiana : the Peninsula and Gulf of Florida or Channel of Bahama with the Bahama Islands /

The Coast of West Florida and Louisiana : the Peninsula and Gulf of Fl...

Relief shown pictorially. Soundings shown in fathoms. "The soundings along the Florida coast, shoals, islands, and reefs are in feet." Pictorial map. Appears in: The North American Atlas / William Faden. London... More

The coast of West F[lorid]a and Louisiana. The Peninsula and Gulf of Florida or Channel of Bahama with the [Bah]ama I[s]lands.

The coast of West F[lorid]a and Louisiana. The Peninsula and Gulf of F...

Scale ca. 1:1,390,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Soundings shown in fathoms. "The soundings along the Florida coast, shoals, islands, and reefs are in feet." "DG.4." LC copy mounte... More

Plano que comprehende parte del Seno Mexicano desde la Bahia de la Asencion hasta la Bahia de Tampa, con las sondas y embocaduras del Rio de Mississipi,

Plano que comprehende parte del Seno Mexicano desde la Bahia de la Ase...

Scale ca. 1:4,000,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Has watermark. Depths shown by soundings. Shows coasts from New Orleans to Tampa. Includes illus. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a ras... More

The coast of West Florida and Louisiana. The Peninsula and Gulf of Florida or Channel of Bahama with the Bahama Islands.

The coast of West Florida and Louisiana. The Peninsula and Gulf of Flo...

Scale ca. 1:1,390,000; marine leagues 20 in a degree. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Soundings shown in fathoms. "The soundings along the Florida coast, shoals, islands, and reefs are in feet." Pictori... More

Don Bernard de Gálvez colonel des armées de Sa Majesté, intandant & gouverneur général par interim de la province de la Louisianne...

Don Bernard de Gálvez colonel des armées de Sa Majesté, intandant & go...

A proclamation offering amnesty to all military deserters who return to duty within four months and fulfill given requirements. Signed: Signé Bernardo de Gálvez. Et plus bas. Par mandement de Sa Seigneurie Ju... More

Carte de la Floride occidentale et Louisiane. La peninsule et golfe de la Floride ou canal de Bahama avec les isles de Bahama.

Carte de la Floride occidentale et Louisiane. La peninsule et golfe de...

Scale ca. 1:1,360,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Soundings shown in fathoms. "Les sondes le long de la côte de la Floride des isles et des bas fonds sont marqués en pieds." Pictorial map. From the... More

A Plan of the coast of part of west Florida & Louisiana : including the River Yazous /

A Plan of the coast of part of west Florida & Louisiana : including th...

Plaza de la villa de Galvez.

Plaza de la villa de Galvez.

Scale ca. 1:1,000. Title from verso. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Oriented with north toward the bottom. "Carolo ignante, urbem adisicat amor, Galvez ad honorem, nomen dedit que suum. Anno dñi. ML.C.... More

Carte de la Louisiane, et de la Floride.

Carte de la Louisiane, et de la Floride.

Scale ca. 1:5,500,000. Relief shown pictorially. "Liv. XVI, no. 46." Also shows Georgia and portions of the Carolinas and Virginia. Appears in Guillaume Thomas François Raynal's Atlas de toutes les parties conn... More

A map of the United States and part of Louisiana.

A map of the United States and part of Louisiana.

Scale ca. 1:9,500,000. "Meridian of Philadelphia." Relief shown pictorially. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 738 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 651

Carte de la Florida, de la Louisiane, et pays voisins : pour servir à l'Histoire générale des voyages /

Carte de la Florida, de la Louisiane, et pays voisins : pour servir à ...

A map of East and West Florida, Georgia, and Louisiana : with the islands of Cuba, Bahama, and the countries surrounding the Gulf of Mexico, with the tract of the Spanish galleons, and of our fleets thro' the Straits of Florida, from the best authorities /

A map of East and West Florida, Georgia, and Louisiana : with the isla...

Carte de la Louisiane et de la Floride

Carte de la Louisiane et de la Floride

Scale ca. 1:6,500,000. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Paris and l'Isle de Fer. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1401 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Carte de la Louisiane, et de la Floride.

Carte de la Louisiane, et de la Floride.

Scale ca. 1:6,300,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridians: Paris and l'Isle de Fer. Shows area of present Southern States. "Liv. XVI, no. 46." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1402 Avai... More

The United States of America with the British possessions of Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Newfoundland divided with the French, also the Spanish territories of Louisiana and Florida, according to the preliminary articles of peace signed at Versailles the 20th of Jany. 1783.

The United States of America with the British possessions of Canada, N...

Relief shown pictorially. Differs from other copies in coloration. Prime meridians: Ferro and London. Includes article III of the Treaty. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 752 Available also through the Libr... More

Carte de la Louisiane et de la Floride

Carte de la Louisiane et de la Floride

Scale ca. 1:6,300,000. Prime meridian: Paris and l'Isle de Fer. Relief shown pictorially. Shows area of present Southern States. "Liv. XVI, no. 46." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1401 Available also thro... More

The West Indies, including part of Virginia, North Carolina, East Florida, South Carolina, West Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, and the Gulf of Mexico, with part of the coast of South America: From the Bay of Honduras, to the mouth of the River Oronoko. From the latest and best authorities and actual observations.

The West Indies, including part of Virginia, North Carolina, East Flor...

Scale ca. 1:6,000,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1713 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2

The West Indies, including part of Virginia, North Carolina, East Florida, South Carolina, West Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, and the Gulf of Mexico, with part of the coast of South America: From the Bay of Honduras, to the mouth of the River Oronoko.

The West Indies, including part of Virginia, North Carolina, East Flor...

Scale ca. 1:6,000,000. Hand colored. Prime meridian: London. Relief shown pictorially. Second state : Hispaniola is no longer divided into French and Spanish sections and an explanatory note has been deleted. L... More

Sauvage du NO. de la Louisiane

Sauvage du NO. de la Louisiane

Print shows a Native warrior, full-length portrait, left profile, holding a scalp in left hand and a snake in right hand. Title from item. Illus. in: Atlas universel dressé sur les meilleurs cartes modernes / P... More

Partie méridionale de la Louisiane, avec la Floride, la Caroline et la Virginie,

Partie méridionale de la Louisiane, avec la Floride, la Caroline et la...

Scale ca. 1:2,900,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. "P. II. 48." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1408 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 100;... More

Partie occidentale du Canada et septentrionale de la Louisiane avec une partie de la Pensilvanie,

Partie occidentale du Canada et septentrionale de la Louisiane avec un...

Scale ca. 1:3,000,000. Hand colored. "Longitude occidentale du prémier méridien." Relief shown pictorially. "P. II. 46." Watermark: Y. From P. Santini's Atlas universel. 1776 [i.e. 1784] Available also through ... More

Bowles's new pocket map of the United States of America; the British possessions of Canada, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland with the French and Spanish territories of Louisiana and Florida as settled by the preliminary articles of peace, signed at Versailles the 20th. Jany. 1783.

Bowles's new pocket map of the United States of America; the British p...

Scale ca. 1:6,250,000. Cover title: United States of America. Hand colored. Prime meridian: Ferro and London. Relief shown pictorially. LC copy sectioned and mounted on cloth backing. Inset: Article III. LC Map... More

Subscription of tobacco shipments to New Orleans

Subscription of tobacco shipments to New Orleans

Philip Barbour, 1792, New Orleans

Philip Barbour, 1792, New Orleans

New Orleans

Edmond Charles Genet, November 7, 1793, Note on Canada and Louisiana, in French

Edmond Charles Genet, November 7, 1793, Note on Canada and Louisiana, ...

Note on Canada and Louisiana, in French

Mapa de las locaciones del Distrito de Baton Rouge /

Mapa de las locaciones del Distrito de Baton Rouge /

Dto de Baton Rouge.

Dto de Baton Rouge.

Cadastral map; unfinished. Relief shown by hachures and rock drawings. Pen-and-ink and pencil. Watermarks: W Elgar 1797 and horn in a shield surmounted by a crown over the letters WE. From the papers of Vicente... More

Mapa de las locaciones del Distrito de Manchack /

Mapa de las locaciones del Distrito de Manchack /

[Portion of a map of Feliciana District, Spanish Louisiana, from the Lac de la Croix to Thompson's Creek] /

[Portion of a map of Feliciana District, Spanish Louisiana, from the L...

Shows area in West Feliciana Parish. Cadastral map. Relief shown by hachures and rock drawings. Title from John R. Hébert's list of maps. Pen-and-ink and pencil. Has watermarks. From the papers of Vicente Sebas... More

Mapa de las locaciones del Distrito de la Na Feliciana /

Mapa de las locaciones del Distrito de la Na Feliciana /

Cadastral map. Relief shown by hachures. Pen-and-ink. Oriented with north to the left. Watermarks: Budgen and fleur-de-lis in a shield surmounted by a crown over the letters GR. From the papers of Vicente Sebas... More

La Fitte cottage, 941 Bourbon St. at St. Philip, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana

La Fitte cottage, 941 Bourbon St. at St. Philip, New Orleans, Orleans ...

Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: ca. 1800. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11836. Pirate John LaFitte's blacksmith shop. Credit line: Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of th... More

La Fitte cottage, 941 Bourbon St. at St. Philip, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana

La Fitte cottage, 941 Bourbon St. at St. Philip, New Orleans, Orleans ...

Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: ca. 1800. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11836. Credit line: Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South, Library of Congress, Prints an... More

La Fitte cottage, 941 Bourbon St. at St. Philip, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana

La Fitte cottage, 941 Bourbon St. at St. Philip, New Orleans, Orleans ...

Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: ca. 1800. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11836. Credit line: Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South, Library of Congress, Prints an... More

[Map of Las Ormigas Grant, Sabine and DeSoto Parishes, Louisiana].

[Map of Las Ormigas Grant, Sabine and DeSoto Parishes, Louisiana].

Relief shown pictorially. Shows the present-day Sabine and DeSoto Parishes in eastern region of the Sabine River, Louisiana. Names of places and features in Spanish. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Title derived fr... More

Labatut, New Roads, Point Coupee Parish, Louisiana

Labatut, New Roads, Point Coupee Parish, Louisiana

Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: ca. 1800. His descendants, the Labatut and Pugh families, are still living there. Built by Evariste Barra, a Spanish grandee. Corresponding referen... More

Florida Rifles of New Orleans to Andrew Jackson

Florida Rifles of New Orleans to Andrew Jackson

[Map of the Rigolet and the mouth of the Pearl River, Louisiana and Mississippi].

[Map of the Rigolet and the mouth of the Pearl River, Louisiana and Mi...

Relief shown by hachures. Places names in Spanish. Title from John R. Hébert's list of maps. Pen-and-ink. Watermarks: Horn in a shield surmounted by a crown over the letters GR. From the papers of Vicente Sebas... More

11th February, 1800. Read the first and second time, and committed to a Committed to a committee of the whole House, on Friday next. A bill to allow a drawback of duties on goods exported to New-Orleans, and therein to amend the act intituted "A

11th February, 1800. Read the first and second time, and committed to ...

Imprint 2. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 225, Folder 5.

Labatut, New Roads, Point Coupee Parish, Louisiana

Labatut, New Roads, Point Coupee Parish, Louisiana

Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: ca. 1800. His descendants, the Labatut and Pugh families, are still living there. Built by Evariste Barra, a Spanish grandee. Corresponding referen... More

Thomas Jefferson, 1803, Notes on Administration of Louisiana Territory

Thomas Jefferson, 1803, Notes on Administration of Louisiana Territory

Notes on Administration of Louisiana Territory

Thomas Jefferson, October 29, 1803, Notes on Louisiana Territory

Thomas Jefferson, October 29, 1803, Notes on Louisiana Territory

Notes on Louisiana Territory

Thomas Jefferson, 1803, Louisiana Territory

Thomas Jefferson, 1803, Louisiana Territory

Louisiana Territory

Thomas Jefferson, 1803, List on Louisiana

Thomas Jefferson, 1803, List on Louisiana

James Madison, July 09, 1803. Proposed amendment to the Constitution regarding Louisiana.

James Madison, July 09, 1803. Proposed amendment to the Constitution r...

Transcripts, guides, and tools to help you use this collection may be found at http://www.loc.gov/collection/james-madison-papers/about-this-collection/.

Map of the Washita river in Louisiana from the Hot Springs to the confluence of the Red River with the Mississippi /

Map of the Washita river in Louisiana from the Hot Springs to the conf...

Oriented with North to the upper left corner. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Louisiana Survey to Thomas Jefferson, April 4, 1804, Estimate by Henry Dearborn

Louisiana Survey to Thomas Jefferson, April 4, 1804, Estimate by Henry...

Estimate by Henry Dearborn

Map of the Tunica Bend area, Spanish West Florida

Map of the Tunica Bend area, Spanish West Florida

Shows region of Tunica, Louisiana. Cadastral map. Title from John R. Hébert's list of maps. Pen-and-ink and pencil; unfinished. Watermarks: L Munn 1804 and fleur-de-lis in a shield surmounted by a crown over th... More

[Map of a portion of Feliciana District, Spanish West Florida, along Alexander Creek and Bayou Tasa].

[Map of a portion of Feliciana District, Spanish West Florida, along A...

Shows area in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Cadastral map. Title from John R. Hébert's list of maps. Pen-and-ink; unfinished. Watermarks: W Elgar 1797 and horn in a shield surmounted by a crown over the let... More

[Map of an area of Spanish West Florida bounded on the east by Lake Pontchartrain and the west by the Comite River].

[Map of an area of Spanish West Florida bounded on the east by Lake Po...

Shows region in Livingston and Tangipahoa Parishes, Louisiana. Relief shown by hachures. Place names and scale statement in Spanish. Title from John R. Hébert's list of maps. Pen-and-ink and pencil; unfinished.... More

[Map of area of the rivers Tickfaw, Amite, and San Bernardo, Spanish West Florida].

[Map of area of the rivers Tickfaw, Amite, and San Bernardo, Spanish W...

Shows region of Tickfaw River in Livingston Parish. Cadastral map. Some unclaimed lots also shown. Relief shown by hachures. Title from John R. Hébert's list of maps. Pen-and-ink, red pencil, and pencil. Waterm... More

[Plan of Baton Rouge and adjoining properties on the Mississippi River].

[Plan of Baton Rouge and adjoining properties on the Mississippi River...

Cadastral map. Relief shown by hachures. Title from John R. Hébert's list of maps. Pen-and-ink and pencil; unfinished. Oriented with north toward the left. Watermarks: J Whatman 1803 and fleur-de-lis in a shiel... More

[Plat of the concessions to Manuel Gayoso de Lemos in Baton Rouge District, Spanish West Florida].

[Plat of the concessions to Manuel Gayoso de Lemos in Baton Rouge Dist...

Cadastral map. Relief shown by hachures. Title from John R. Hébert's list of maps. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Watermark: J Whatman 1801. From the papers of Vicente Sebastián Pintado. Described in: Vicente Seba... More

[Map of Feliciana District, Spanish West Florida, along Bayour Sara].

[Map of Feliciana District, Spanish West Florida, along Bayour Sara].

Cadastral map. Relief shown by hachures. Title from John R. Hébert's list of maps. Pen-and-ink and pencil; unfinished. Watermarks: W Elgar 1797 and horn in a shield surmounted by a crown over the letters WE. Fr... More

New Orleans, June 23, 1805, Map of Lafayette's Land Holdings

New Orleans, June 23, 1805, Map of Lafayette's Land Holdings

Verses on the arrival of the Rev. Philander Chase, in New Orleans. By Damon … New Orleans, Nov. 17, 1805.

Verses on the arrival of the Rev. Philander Chase, in New Orleans. By ...

Verses.; Chase. Philander.; Imprint 2. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 24, Folder 7.