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"A Great and Growing City": New Orleans in the Era of the Louisiana Purchase
This online exhibit tells "the story of New Orleans during the fifteen years between 1797 and 1812." It features annotated images of documents, maps, and books from the time of the Louisiana Purchase, illustrating "the social, economic, and political life of the Crescent City as it passed from Spanish to French and then to American control." From the New Orleans Public Library.
http://nutrias.org/~nopl/exhibits/purchase/lapintro.htm

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