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Town house of the concession of the Marquis d'Asfeld
House and outbuildings belonging to Bienville
House of concessionaire Daniel Colly
Office of the Company of the Indies
House of the Intendance
House for the officers of the king
Police and town prison
The Saint Louis church
Hospital
The dockside house of the doctor
Warehouses of the Company of the Indies
Route which was the extension of the Rue du Maine
A director of the Company of the Indies
Location of the Jesuit convent
Presbytery of the Capuchins who served in the church
Location of the future convent of the Ursulines
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New Orleans A surveyor, Jean-Pierre Lassus, drew this picture of New Orleans in 1726, the only one in existence from the first period of French colonization. A young Ursuline nun, Marie-Madeleine Hachard, has left us a description that corresponds perfectly to this drawing: "On the other side of this River are wild forests in which there are several small cabins where the slaves of the Company of the Indies live. […] Our City is very beautiful, soundly and regularly constructed […] The streets are very large and perfectly straight, the houses are very soundly built from mortar and Beam, paneled and regularly set with windows, and the lower parts of the Houses are covered with planking. […] A song is sung here, in which it is said that this City is as beautiful as the City of Paris. Need I say more?" M.-M. Hachard, Relation du voyage des Dames religieuses Ursulines de Rouen à La Nouvelle Orléans, A. Le Prévost, Rouen, 1728. p. 102-103. |
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