louisiana

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

Marine Sgt. at New Orleans, La.

Jackson Square, New Orleans

Title: Jackson Square, New Orleans..Date: 1946..Part Of: Robert Yarnall Richie photographs..Place: New Orleans, Louisiana..Physical Description: 1 photographic print: gelatin silver; 12.7 x 7.6 cm. ..Form/Genre... more

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

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 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.

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] : 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.

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 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 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 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 ...

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 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 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

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, 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

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

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

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 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 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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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

Plan de la Nouvelle Orleans.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Grondvlakte van Nieuw Orleans, de hoofdstad van Louisiana. De uitloop ...

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.

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

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.

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 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 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 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 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 & 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...

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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 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 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

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 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

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...

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

Kaart van Louisiana, en Florida.

Scale ca. 1:6,300,000. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Paris and Ferro. Based on Rigobert Bonne's Carte de la Louisiane, et de la Floride. Shows present area of Southern States. Available also through... more

Subscription of tobacco shipments to New Orleans

Philip Barbour, 1792, New Orleans

New Orleans

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 Manchack /

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

[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

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 Baton Rouge /

[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

[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 ...

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.

Map of New Orleans

Various Papers of the 15th Congress

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/.

Thomas Jefferson, 1803, Louisiana Territory

Louisiana Territory

Thomas Jefferson, 1803, List on Louisiana

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

Notes on Louisiana Territory

Thomas Jefferson, 1803, Notes on Administration of Louisiana Territory

Notes on Administration of Louisiana Territory

U.S. Reports: Crousillat v. Ball, 4 U.S. (4 Dall.) 294 (1803)

Description: U.S. Reports Volume 4; Dallas Volume 4; December Term, 1803; Crousillat versus Ball.

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...

Estimate by Henry Dearborn

[Map of an area of Spanish West Florida bounded by Rios Comite on the ...

Shows area now part of East Feliciana and Saint Helena Parishes. Cadastral map. Title from John R. Hébert's list of maps. Pen-and-ink and pencil. Watermarks: D & C Blauw and letters D C B in a shield. From the ... more

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 Manchac District, Spanish West Florida].

Cadastral map. Relief shown by hachures. Title from John R. Hébert's list of maps. Pen-and-ink. Watermarks: Stroud & Co and horn in a shield surmounted by a crown over the year 1802. From the papers of Vicente ... more

Florida Occidental, Distrito de Baton Rouge, año de 1805.

Cadastral map. Some unclaimed lots also shown. Author's signature in lower right corner. Relief shown by hachures. Pen-and-ink and red ink. Oriented with north toward the left. Watermarks: D & C Blauw and lette... more

[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

[Four plats on the Mississippi River at Baton Rouge 1805].

Relief shown by hachures on some sheets. Title from John R. Hébert's list of maps. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. From the papers of Vicente Sebastián Pintado. Described in: Vicente Sebastián Pinta... more

[Cadastral map of a portion of Feliciana District, Spanish West Florid...

Some unclaimed lots also shown. Title from John R. Hébert's list of maps. Pen-and-ink, watercolor, and pencil; unfinished. From the papers of Vicente Sebastián Pintado. Described in: Vicente Sebastián Pintado, ... more

[Map of Feliciana District, Spanish West Florida].

Cadastral map. Some unclaimed lots also shown. Relief shown by hachures. Title devised by cataloger based on John R. Hébert's list of maps. Pen-and-ink, watercolor, and pencil. Watermarks: J Whatman and fleur-d... more

Louisiana.

From Arrowsmith & Lewis New and Elegant General Atlas, 1804. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

[Map of the area of Feliciana District, Spanish West Florida, from Bay...

[Map of an area along Bayou Bogue Chitto, Spanish West Florida].

Shows region in Washington and St. Tammany Parishes, Louisiana. Cadastral map. Title from John R. Hébert's list of maps. Pen-and-ink. Watermarks: L Munn 1804 and fleur-de-lis in a shield surmounted by a crown o... more

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

Shows area in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Cadastral map; some lots unclaimed. Relief shown by hachures. Title from John R. Hébert's list of maps. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Watermarks: W Elgar 1797 and h... more

[Map of landowners between the Rio Comite and the Rio Feliciana, Spani...

Shows area in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana? Cadastral map. Title from John R. Hébert's list of maps. Pen-and-ink and pencil; unfinished. Watermarks: D & C Blauw and letters D C B in a shield. From the paper... more

[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

[Cadastral map of an area along the Mississippi River from the United ...

Shows area in West Feliciana Parish. Title from John R. Hébert's list of maps. Oriented with north toward the upper left. Pen-and-ink and pencil. Watermarks: Henry Aine and shell. From the papers of Vicente Seb... more