Plan of the city of New Orleans and its Environs

Sub-Title

Copied on the original Plan made by don Carlos Trudeau Surveyor to his C. M. in the province of Louisiana

Subject

Colonial New Orleans and vicinity; cypress swamps, landowners identified; Jesuits, deMorand, Marigny, Macarty; Faubourg St. Mary [(Marie, Maria], Bayou St. John

Date

1798 Dec 24 (historical)

Mapmaker

Trudeau, Carlos (original delineator)

Place of Publication

[New Orleans, La. ?]

Accession Number

11552.004

Condition

Fair. Acidified, browning. Needs conservation to remove from cloth, deacidify.

Curatorial Notes

Formerly stored c1d8. Other copies/adaptations/editions located 1982.077.157, T0055.1997.0287; 09598; T0055.1997.0280; T0055.1997.0267; 09066; T0055.1997.0292-0293; 12421.021.001-002; 1997.078.103. Note on verso: "J. Jos. Grimes July 12, 1904."

Notes

This is a c. 1900 adaptation of Trudeau's original.

Media Type

manuscript copy on cloth

Size

29 x 20 3/8

Storage

c01d01