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ORLEANS, Louisiana in the 1820s: 1 through 2 of 2

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  1. Ursuline Nuns Relocate their Convent outside the City of New Orleans
    date March 25, 1823 to September 1, 1824map ORLEANS, Louisianatags Church/Religious-Activity, Women, Migration/Transportation, Urban-Life/Boosterism, African-Americans, Native-Americans

    In 1824, a dispute with the city of New Orleans drove the Ursuline nuns of New Orleans to leave their century old convent in the city for a new location outside the city. A drawing of the "new" convent shows an elaborate building with elements of classical architecture consisting of a three story convent, orphanage and chapel. Designed by architectural firm Gurlie and Guillot, the convent was decorated...

  2. A New Hero Rises: Andrew Jackson and the Battle of New Orleans
    date 1828map SUFFOLK, Massachusetts, ORLEANS, Louisianatags Arts/Leisure, War

    When an individual's legacy spawns something as seemingly minute as a musical composition to be written in their honor, a new level of greatness has been achieved. Andrew Jackson was no stranger to this after growing into one of the most popular personas in America in his day and age. James Hewitt (1770-1827), a local composer that left England as a young man to begin his own American dream in the...