American Philatelic Association, American Philatelic Society · Altoona, Pa. : [American Philatelic Association] · leaf 408
Jefferson completing the negotiations was New Orleans, the old French city for the purchase during his first admin- and land of the annual Mardi-Gras, the istration. It was an advantageous pur- chief seaport of Louisiana. Here were chase and demonstrated the keen stat- located numerous commission… … In the "fifties" steamboating on the Misisssippi was in the hey-day of its tation owners who consigned; their cot- usefulness and 20 years later it was ton crops and other Southern products practically dead due to the inroads of to (New Orleans, via the iMisaissippi the railroads. packet steamers.…
