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The Port of New Orleans: an Economic History, 1821-1860. (Volumes I and Ii) Louisiana State University LSU Digital Commons LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses Graduate School 1985 The orP t of New Orleans: an Economic History, 1821-1860. (Volumes I and II) (Trade, Commerce, Slaves, Louisiana). Thomas E. Redard Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_disstheses Recommended Citation Redard, Thomas E., "The orP t of New Orleans: an Economic History, 1821-1860. (Volumes I and II) (Trade, Commerce, Slaves, Louisiana)." (1985). LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses. 4151. https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_disstheses/4151 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at LSU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses by an authorized administrator of LSU Digital Commons. 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Further reproduction prohibited without permission. 8610661 Redard, Thomas E. THE PORT OF NEW ORLEANS: AN ECONOMIC HISTORY, 1821-1860. (VOLUMES I AND II) The Louisiana State University and Agricuitural and Mechanical Col. Ph.D. 1985 University Microfilms Internstionsi aooN. ze@b Road. Ann Arbor, Ml 48106 Copyright 1986 by Redard, Thomas E. All Rights Reserved Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. PLEASE NOTE: In all cases this material has been filmed In the best possible way from the available copy. Problems encountered wiih this document have been identified here with a check mark V 1. Glossy photographs or pages 2. Colored illustrations, paper or print _ 3. Photographs with dark background. 4. Illustrations are poor copy______ 5. Pages with black marks, not original copy. 6. 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THE PORT OF NEW ORLEANS; AN ECONOMIC HISTORY, 1821-1860 VOLUME I A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in The Department of History by Thomas E. Redard B.A., University of Illinois, 1974 M.A., University of Texas at Austin, 1976 December 1985 Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. ©1986 THOMAS E. REDARD Ail Rights Reserved Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I am grateful to a number of persons at Louisiana State Univer­ sity for assisting me with this dissertation. Paul Paskoff, my major professor, edited the first draft. In addition, he graciously assumed the burden of verifying the accuracy of the data as it appeared on the video display screen. Dr. Marc Harris, Randy Hebert, Alexandra Sparks, and Professor Lawrence Falkowski took charge of the data processing. Professor Falkowski also provided a helpful critique as did Professor Robert A. Becker. Professor William J. Cooper, Jr. offered valuable suggestions during the research and writing. Pro­ fessor Frederic A. Youngs, Jr. read a draft. Professor Sam B. Hilliard and Phillip Larimore of the Department of Geography supervised the design and reproduction of the maps. Finally, I wish to thank my mother for her financial backing, without which I could not have com­ pleted this project. ii Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. TABLE OF CONTENTS VOLUME I ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .............................. 11 TABLE OF CONTENTS ........................... 111 LIST OF TABLES .............................. V ABSTRACT ...................................... PREFACE ...................................... CHAPTER I: THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING . CHAPTER II: NEW ORLEANS AND ITS HINTERLAND IN THE 1820s ................... 29 CHAPTER III: THE SEABORNE COMMERCE OF NEW ORLEANS IN THE 1820s ................... 64 CHAPTER IV: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS, 1830-1845 . 86 CHAPTER V: THE SEABORNE COMMERCE OF NEW ORLEANS IN 1837 AND 1846 .... 127 CHAPTER VI: THE SEABORNE COMMERCE OF NEW ORLEANS IN 1855 AND 1860 ............... 149 CHAPTER VII: CHANGE AND CONTINUITY IN NEW ORLEANS COMMERCE ..................... 173 BIBLIOGRAPHY ................................. 195 ill Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. TABLE OF CONTENTS (Con't) VOLUME II APPENDIX 1.......................................... 209 APPENDIX I I ...................................... 232 APPENDIX I I I ...................................... 309 APPENDIX IV . 380 APPENDIX V .......................................... 452 APPENDIX V I ...................................... 461 VITA .............................................. 525 iv Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. LIST OF TABLES Table 2.1 Receipts of Selected Products At New Orleans, 1822, 1829 ............... 49 Table 4.1 Regional Distribution of Liabilities Owed by New Orleans Merchants Filing Bank­ ruptcy Petitions in 1842............... 105 Table 4.2 Foreign Distribution of Liabilities Owed by New Orleans Merchants Filing Bank­ ruptcy Petitions in 1842. 106 Table 4.3 Manufactures Ranked by Value of Output 120 Table 4.4 Southern Hinterland Per Capita Output of Grain and Staples. ............... 122 Table 4.5 Western Hinterland Per Capita Output of Grain and Staples................... 124 Table 4.6 Receipts of Selected Products Fron the Interior at New Orleans ............... 125 Table 7.1 Receipts of Selected Products at New Orleans, 1841-42, 1851-52, 1855-56, 1858-59 ....................... 174 APPENDIX 1 Table 1 Occupational Structure of New Orleans in 1821 ................... 210 Table 2 1821 New Orleans Occupations Classed by Industrial Sector............... 214 Table 3 Annual Arrivals of Flatboats At New Orleans for Selected Years, 1806-1857 217 Table 4 Number and Tonnage of Steamboats Operating on the Western Rivers, 1817-1860 ....................... 218 Table 5 Annual Steamboat Arrivals at Leading Cities, 1820-1860 ............... 219 Table 6 Total and Slave Population of the New Orleans Region ............... 222 Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. LIST OF TABLES (Con't) Table 7 Number and Tonnage of Steamboats Built on the Western Rivers, 1811-1850. 226 Table 8 Freight Rates on Cargo Between Louisville and New Orleans, 1810-1860 ..... 227 Table 9 Average Flatboat Freight Rates, Louisville- New Orleans Trade, 1810-1860....... 228 Table 10 Commerce of New Orleans, 1821-1860; Dollar Values of Imports and Exports and Tonnage Balances.............................. .... 229 APPENDIX II Table 1 Distribution by Quantity of Selected Commodities in Coastal and
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