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Identifier: historyoflouisia03fortuoft (find matches)
Title: A history of Louisiana
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Fortier, Alcée, 1856-1914
Subjects: Louisiana -- History
Publisher: New York : Goupil & co. of Paris, Manzi, Joyant & co., successors
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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house, where Denis Prieur ad-dressed him in the name of the City Council. The generalwas then conducted to the City Hall (the present Ca-bildo), where he was to reside during his stay in New Or-leans. From the balcony of the Cabildo he reviewed thetroops, among whom were fifty Choctaw Indians march-ing in single file. The next day the general received thevisit of members of the Legislature and members of thebar of New Orleans. The latter were led by Pierre Der-bigny, who addressed Lafayette in their name. In theevening the guest of Louisiana went to Caldwells Eng-lish Theater and to the Orleans French Theater, where hewas received with enthusiasm. Delegations from themedical society, from the clergy, from the free men ofcolor who had fought under Jackson and many others,called upon Lafayette. He attended a public ball and aMasonic dinner, and received the visit of the venerablePere Antoine, the former Antonio de Sedella of the timeof the Spanish domination. Finally, on April 15, 1825,
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1825) VISIT OF LAFAYETTE 207 the general embarked on board the Natchez and left NewOrleans. He stopped for a day at Baton Rouge, and wasgreeted with as much enthusiasm as in New Orleans. Hevisited the United States barracks, and there, instead ofmilitary equipments, he found a large assembly of wo-men. Lafayette was charmed with the new garrison atthe barracks, attended a public banquet in Baton Rouge,and late at night reembarked on board the Natchez.Governor Johnson accompanied him as far as the town ofNatchez, and a committee of four Louisianians remainedwith him until he arrived at St. Louis.32 On January 2, 1826, Governor Henry Johnson toldthe Legislature that he had made a tour through theparishes and found everywhere harmony and good will.33Symptoms of discord manifested themselves on some oc-casions in New Orleans, but they were chiefly confined tothe columns of newspapers. The number of students atthe College of Orleans, says the governor, does not exceedtwenty, and it would b

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