NEW ORLEANS DIRECTORY FOR THE YEAR 1850 1850 New Orleans Business Directory - Excerpts Submitted by: Rose Albrizio Source: 1850 New Orleans Business Directory, Louisiana Division, Main Branch New Orleans Public Library Updated: August 2004 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** COHEN'S NEW ORLEANS AND LAFAYETTE DIRECTORY INCLUDING CARROLLTON, FREEPORT, ALGIERS, GRETNA AND McDONOGH FOR 1850 $3.50 Printed at the Job Office of the Delta, 112 Poydras Street, 1849 BANKING HOUSES [1850] - page 196 Samuel Nicholson c. Canal and Exchange Place Commercial and Agricultural Bank of Texas Agency O. Klerman, Cashier 33 Canal Horace Bean & Co. c. Common and Camp Charleston Bank Agency, Peter Conrey, jr. 31 Canal Gen. E. H. Grey 37 Magazine J. 46, 48 Camp John Egerton 43 Canal Insurance Bank of W. B. Parsons & Co. 33 Camp INSURANCE COMPANIES [1850] - page 196 Aetna Insurance Company 47 Camp W. Chambers and J. H. Wheeler, Agents. Augusta Insurance and Banking Company 69 Camp R. S. Dall, Agent. Columbus (Ohio) Insurance Company 52 Camp C. C. Snethen, Agent. Columbia Insurance Company 51 Camp S. R. Throckmorton, Agent. Crescent Mutual Insurance Company of New Orleans 41 Camp Samuel Bell, President. T. A. Adams, Vice President Chas. J. Mansoni?, Secretary Delaware Mutual Safety Insurance Company 61 Camp Ashton and Head, Agents Lexington Fire, Life and Marine Insurance Company 47 Camp William Chambers and James H. Wheeler, Agents. Memphis Insurance Company 55 Camp Merchant's Insurance Company 13 Royal Jobs Pemberton, President A. Schreiber, Secretary Merchant's (Louisville) Insurance Company 52 Camp C. C. Snethen, Agent. Merchant's and Planter's Insurance Company c. Natchez and Camp William Laughlan, President Cuthbert Bullet?, Vice President Jos. Nash, Secretary. Mutual Benefit Life and Fire Insurance Company of Louisiana 36 Camp John Hogan, President H. Doane, Secretary H. G. Heartt, Agent. Nashville Marine Insurance Life and Trust Company 33 Camp W. B. Partre, Agent. New Orleans Insurance Company 56 Canal M. Lapeyre, President J. Tuyes?, Secretary. Protection Insurance Company of Hartford 92 Camp C. C. Lathrop, Agent. St. Louis Perpetual Mutual Insurance Company 35 Camp A. Brothers, Agent. Sun Mutual Insurance Company (New York) c. Camp and Common L. Matthews, Agent. Tennessee Marine and Fire Insurance Company 67 Magazine Pickett, Perkins & Co., Agents. Union Mutual Insurance Company 74 Common Agency of the New York office 50 Wall James H. Suydam, Agent. WATER WORKS [1850] - page 196 (Commercial Bank of New Orleans, 25 Carondelet) - President: Saul, James - Superintendent: Blair, D. - Secretary: Percy, S. E. - Directors: Lee, George Hill, H. R. W. Grailhe?, Alexander Wood, P. N. Conrey, P. jr. Surgi, F. Smith, J. W. INSPECTORS OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. [1850] - page 197 J. Du Buc, 84 Old Levee f. my. U. Plauche, 134 New Levee s. my. Etienne Clermont, 256 Bourbon t. my. Charles Fagot, Chippewa, b. Josephine and Philip, Lafyt. GUAGERS. [1850] - page 197 Puesch & Bettinger, 3 St. Louis J. Dossat, 234 St. Philip W. C. Lynd, D. S. Osborne, L. Mallard - 138 Orleans J. E. Quers, 17 Conti Petitpain, O. H. Karstendick, 28 Poydras FLOUR INSPECTORS. [1850] - page 197 G. Bouligny & A. Lanaux J. Cole A. Liveaudais J. F. Faures 8 Commerce BOARD OF PORT WARDENS[1850]- page 197 Stations - Central office, 3 Duncan's buildings, Exchange Alley. First Municipality - No. 11 Front Levee, at McArthur's store and at the Harbor master's office opposite the Vegetable Market. Second Municipality - Corner Benjamin and Front Levee. Third Muncipality - At the Port office opposite Mandeville. Lafayette - At the Port office near Jackson Solomon High, master warden, A. Capdevielle, J. Clark and G. Hillman, wardens. RAILWAYS [1850]- page 197 Mexican Gulf Railroad Company, Depot: Goodchildren street - Directors: Conrey, P. jr. Millaudon, M. Musson, M. Mure, W. Bakewell, W.G. - Controller: Wilson, Edward Office: 3 Royal st. New Orleans and Carrollton Railroad Company, office, c. Canal and Carondelet. - Lafayette Cars start in New Orleans, from c. Baronne and Canal, in Lafayette from corner Jackson and Tchoupitoulas. - Carrollton Cars start in New Orleans, from c. Perdido and Baronne. Pontchartrain Railroad Company, Depot and starting place in New Orleans c. Victory and Elysian Fields. - President: Lebeau, F. H. - Directors: Claiborne, W. C. C. Vignie, J. B. Forstall, Charles Bruele, G. Durrive, F. - Secretary: Guesnon, Philip CHURCHES [1850]- page 197 CATHOLIC St. Louis Cathedral, opposite of Place d'Armes f. my. Annunciation St. Augustin, c. Bayou and St. Claude St. Joseph, O?n??on opposite Charity Hospital St. Marie, Conde St. Anthony, (obituary chapel) corner Rampart and Conti St. Trinity, Ferdinand, t. my. St. Vincent de Paul, c. Greatmen and Montegut St. Patrick, Camp, b. Julia and Girod Revd. J. J. Mullon, rector Rev. J. Flanagan and Rev. Cyril de la Croix, assistant priests Ursulines Convent, below the city CLAPP'S, c. St. Charles and Gravier EPISCOPAL c. Orange and Pacanier c. Bartholomew and Constance c. Canal and Dauphine GERMAN Evangelical Protestant c. Phillip and Chippewa Rev. C. H. Schramm Methodist, Melicerte, b. Camp and Magazine Protestant, Clio, b. Apollo and Nayades HEBREW (German), Rampart, b. St. Louis and Conti (Portuguese), c. Canal and Bourbon METHODIST c. Poydras and Carondelet FIRST PRESBYTERIAN Lafayette, Fulton, b. Josephine and Adele Rev. Jerome Twichell, Pastor PROTESTANT Episcopal, c. Baronne and Perdido Episcopal, for Seamen, 5 Esplanade c. Bartholomew and Camp WESLEYAN CHAPEL c. St. Paul and Poydras BRANCH MINT [1850] - page 197 C. Esplanade and Levee Kennedy, Joseph M. - Superintendent Macmurdo, John R. - Treasurer Brooks, John - Coiner Hort, William P., M.D. - Assayer Bonzano, M. F. - Melter and Refiner Wickes, J. J. - Clerk, d. Rampart Kennedy, M. - Clerk, d. St. Charles, n. Franklin Schools Clamman, George - Porter NEWSPAPERS, &c. [1850]-page 197 - 198 New Orleans Bee, daily, (English and French), Magne & Weisse, proprietors and publishers, Office 83 Chartres. New Orleans Commercial Bulletin, daily,(English), Hodge & Seymour, proprietors and editors, Office 37 Gravier. Daily Crescent, (English), A. H. Hayes & Co., proprietors, &c, office 93 St. Charles. Louisiana Courier, daily, (French and English,) Theard, Graham & Nicomede, proprietors and publishers, Office 46 Customhouse. The Delta, daily, (English,) D. Corcoran & Co., Proprietors and editors, Office 112 Poydras. Daily Orleanian, (French and English,) J. C. Prendergast, proprietor, Office 2 Marigny's Buildings, t. my. The Picayune, daily, (English), Lumsden, Kendall & Co., Proprietors, editors and publishers, Office 66 Camp. New Orleans Price Current, Commercial Intelligencer and Merchants Transcript, weekly,. Cook &Young, publishers, Office Merchants Exchange, Royal. True Delta, daily, (English,) Davis & Maginnis, proprietors and publishers, Office 103 Poydras. El Telégrafo, daily, (Spanish,) Jose Antonio Godoy, editor and proprietor, Office 70 Royal. Louisiana Statesman, weekly, (English), J. G. Fanning, editor, office Jackson, Lafyt. Southwestern Baptist Chronicle, weekly, (English) Rev. W. C. Duncan, editor, 110 Poydras. La Patria, tri weekly, (Spanish), V. Aleman and E. J. Gomez, editors and proprietors, office Exchange Alley n. St. Louis. De Bow's Commercial Review, (monthly,) office of publication J. Weld & Co., 63 Camp. New Orleans Medical and Surgical Journal, every other month, Dr. A. Hester, editor, 86 Canal, publications office, J. Weld and Co., 68 Camp. MARKETS. [1850] - page 198 Dryades (meat), c. Dryades and Melpomene Old Levee (meat), opposite Madison Levee (meat), n. Elysian Fields, t. my. Levee (meat), Jackson and Rousseau, Lafyt. Levee (meat), Coliseum, n. Coliseum place Poydras (meat), Poydras, b. Baronne and Circus St. Mary's (meat), Tchoupitoulas, n. Delord Old Levee (vegetable), b. St. Philip and Ursulines Magazine (meat and vegetables), near Felicity, Lafyt. THEATRES. [1850] - page 198 American, Poydras, b. St. Charles and Camp Olympic (Circus), c. Baronne and Poydras Orleans (French) Orleans, b. Royal and Bourbon St. Charles, St. Charles b. Poydras and Gravier Histrionics, Nayades, b. Melpomene and Thalia Placide's Varieties, Gravier, b. Carondelet and Baronne. LIST OF PILOTS[1850]- Page 198 Under commission, as furnished by Capt. Solbert, Harbour Master, on behalf the pilots. N. E. PASS - Capt. Geo. Chisim Anderson, Andrew Allen, Jas. S. Benson, Geo. Baker, Jacob Brunson, Wm. Bigelow, Chas. A. Clark, Ed. Clark, Chas. S. Chadwick, Watson Davies, Wm. C. Dane?, Ed. G. Dunham, Joseph E. Ellis, Wm. Souler, John Holland, John Higgins, Luke S. Heath, Isaac S. Johnston, D. Johnston, Henry Jarvis, James John Lamont, Cyrus Lyons, James W. Morgan, Cyrus May, John M. Newmann, Erasmus Neil, James Thos. Peerin, John S. W. PASS - Capt. Asa Payson Sittee, William S. Robinson, Peter Shepherd, David Shepherd, Joseph Smith, Wm. S. Schueltz, Christopher Scott, James Swiler, John Towne, Amos Vandershill, Thos. Jefferson Williams, James B. Webster, Hiram B. Morgan, James Chism, Warren Chapman, R. B. Connon, Thomas Falconi, Geo. Richardson, Howard Jorbeng, Jordan Hill, Samuel Williams, Francis Allen, Olvin D. Sherman, Horace Conrad, John Ames, Benjamin S. Dennis, Charles Levine, Thomas Ketchum, Bliss Francis, Richard Pendleton, Wm. E. Tralford, Robert H. Williams, Wm. Ruiz, Alfred J. Jones, Thos. R. CUSTOM HOUSE [1850]- page 199-200 SAML. J. PETERS, COLLECTOR Hincks D. O. Assistant Collector 105 Royal Hincks J. W. Deputy Assistant Collector Royal, b. St. Louis and Toulouse Costarede Hy. General Bookkeeper 62 Mandeville Collat E. Impost Bookkeeper Carondelet, 3 doors from St. Joseph Montamat G. Cash Clerk St. Ann, b. Dauphine and Burgundy Generes Henry Deputy Cash Clerk Apollo, b. Thalia and Erato Pritchard Richard Registering Clerk 94 Customhouse Desforges L. H. Assistant Registering Clerk 353 Dauphine Ozanne R. M. Warehouse Debenture Clerk c. Pacanier and Orange Frederick Sam'l Assistant Warehouse and Debenture Clerk 107 Conti Brainard John First Impost Clerk 41 Conti Lecarpentier Chas. Second Impost Clerk Conde, b. Hospital and Barrack Woeniger H. W. 3d Impost Clerk 22 Moreau Porter Charles 4 th Impost Clerk 241 Canal Barnard T. B. Com. Abs. Clerk 59 Union Campbell James Assistant Com. Abs. Clerk c. Esplanade and Conde LeBlanc Octave, jr. Permit Clerk c. Mandeville and Greatmen Cassard Jules Permit Clerk Esplanade, b. Royal and Conde Duplessis C. B. H. Assistant Permit Clerk 359 St. Peter, f. my. Innskeep John Assistant Permit Clerk c. Urania and Prytania Peychaud E. Assistant Permit Clerk 161 Conde Boudet O. Assistant Permit Clerk 61 St. Joseph Allison John H. Assistant Permit Clerk 12 Rampart Porter Hy. Puck Assistant Permit Clerk Customhouse Stille Robert B. Surveyor 236 Baronne Walton Jas. B. Deputy Surveyor 324 Camp Reyburn Wm. P. Deputy Surveyor 98 Customhouse Pollock Geo. Weigher 332 Royal Brown W. S. Deputy Weigher c. Felicity and Laurel, Lafyt. Rind N. D Gauger St. Mary, b. Laurel and Jersey, Lafyt. Malard Louis Deputy Gauger 133 Orleans Snethen N. C. Marker 53 Jackson, s. my. James W. F. Deputy Marker St. John, b. Poydras and Hevia Duhy/Duby? C. W. Measurer c. Ferdinand and Goodchildren Davis Ste. Colombe Deputy Measurer 60 Love, t. my. Gentin P. Inspector c. Baronne and Hevia Duplessis V. Inspector 187 Goodchildren Upsher R. S. Inspector 131 Rampart Hurst C. Inspector Magazine b. Race and Orange MANUEL J. GARCIA, NAVAL OFFICER Smith S. W. Inspector (Naval Office) Apollo b. Thalia and Melpomene Maspero P. L. Inspector (Naval Office) 23 Toulouse Berry W. P. Inspector (Naval Office) Josephine b. Prytania and Nayades Vander Griff James M. Inspector (Naval Office) 125 Architect near Moreau Harris J. S. Inspector (Naval Office) Common b. St. John and St. Peter Smith Isaac A. Inspector (Naval Office) Chestnut, b. Second and Third, Lafyt. Massieu Charles Inspector (Naval Office) 131 Main Rousseau A. Inspector (Naval Office) 151 Greatmen Durrive J. Inspector (Naval Office) History, t. my. Tainturiere F. Inspector (Naval Office) Market, b. Religious and St. John Perkins D. H. Inspector (Naval Office) 67 Hevia Kerr Victor Inspector (Naval Office) 131 Rampart Prieto C. Inspector (Naval Office) Bienville, b. Bourbon and Dauphine Jones James Inspector (Naval Office) Phillippa, n. Champs Elysees Larose N. H. Inspector (Naval Office) 69 Old Levee Montamat L. Inspector (Naval Office) Claiborne, N. Champs Elysees Parker J. C. Inspector (Naval Office) 73 Julia Dugas Ignace Inspector (Naval Office) 212 Canal Green T. Inspector (Naval Office) Bacchus Coiron L. J. Inspector (Naval Office) 265 St. Phillip Haughton J. B. Inspector (Naval Office) Champs Elysees Relf Wm. Inspector (Naval Office) c. Prieur and St. Ann Dellazzary E. Inspector (Naval Office) 31 Goodchildren Wibray James Inspector (Naval Office) Customhouse, c. Burgundy Butterfield Thos. Inspector (Naval Office) Poydras, b. St. Paul and Gironde Coolidge Geo. E. Inspector (Naval Office) Maurin P. A. Inspector (Naval Office) 157 Toulouse Marks Alex. Inspector (Naval Office) 326 Camp Piernas A. E. Inspector (Naval Office) 111 Main Armstrong W. J. Inspector (Naval Office) Bacchus, b. Felicity and St. Andrew, Lafyt. Duff W. F. Inspector (Naval Office) c. Calliope and Baronne Brown McNus Inspector (Naval Office) St. Thomas, b. Edward and Benjamin Roper J. Inspector (Naval Office) 98 Customhouse Mortee W. P. Inspector (Naval Office) Felicity, head Annunciation Heres L. J. Inspector (Naval Office) Union b. Girod and St. John Baptist Galpin S. Inspector (Naval Office) Jersey, b. Jackson and Josephine, Lafyt. Duquercron A. Inspector (Naval Office) Josephine, b. Rousseau and Tchoupitoulas Cagnolatti P. Inspector (Naval Office) Conde, c. Hospital Reaud O. Inspector (Naval Office) 34 Craps Wikoff W. H. Inspector (Naval Office) Hunter E. P. Inspector (Naval Office) Standlord R. C. Inspector (Naval Office) Race c. Constance Walker Jno. C. Inspector (Naval Office) 17 Royal Morrison R. J. Inspector (Naval Office) Foucher, b. Duplantier and Poyfarre Burt A. F. Inspector (Naval Office) Toulouse, b. Treme and Marais Santon F. Inspector (Naval Office) 105 Casacalvo Peters Hugh Inspector (Naval Office) c. Customhouse and Dauphine Dufour John T. Inspector (Naval Office) 391 Bourbon Harper S. H. Captain Night Inspector (Naval Office) Camp, b. Basin and Robin Dolan John Night Inspector (Naval Office) Common, n. Jackson Brooks James Night Inspector (Naval Office) Spain, b. Casacalvo and Greatmen Noble J. A. Night Inspector (Naval Office) Bacchus Martin A. Night Inspector (Naval Office) Breen M. H. Night Inspector (Naval Office) c. Marigny and Morales Poynet O. H. Night Inspector (Naval Office) Camp, b. Basin and Robin Trescasses Jas. Night Inspector (Naval Office) St. Peter, b. Marais and Treme Bennett J. E. Night Inspector (Naval Office) Royal, b. Hospital and Barracks Wood H. R. Night Inspector (Naval Office) Waldo P. E. Inspector Public Stores d. 83 Bienville Juden J. Inspector Public Stores d. Common, b. St. John and St. Peter Godwin D. R. Inspector Public Stores d. St. Andrew, Lafyt. Crozat P. E. Inspector Public Stores d. c. Rampart and Barrack Trudeau J. Z. Inspector Public Stores d. Lafyt. Solomon J. Inspector of Private Stores d. Broad, b. Laharpe and Lapeyrouse Bowditch G. M. Boarding Officer, S. W. Pass Knight W. R. Boarding Officer, N. E. Pass Mongrue U. L. Boarding Officer, Pointe a la Hache Foster Winslow Boarding Officer, Fort Livingston Martin P. Boarding Officer, Algiers Taylor John Boarding Officer, Basins Shannon H. G. Boatman (Naval Office) d. 118 Tchoupitoulas Burton W. W. Boatman (Naval Office) d. Goodchildren, b. Spain and Mandeville Fearing M. Boatman (Naval Office) d. c. Laurel and St. Mary, Lafyt. Crowell E. Boatman (Naval Office) d. 43 Montegut Garcia E. F. Clerk in Naval Office Read S. M. Clerk in Naval Office Pellerin Armand Clerk in Naval Office d. Esplanade, b. Robertson and Claiborne - page 200 APPRAISERS. [1850] CANFIELD R. F. U. S. APPRAISER Nayades, near c. Clio Groning R. U. S. Appraiser 81 Canal Waldo S. Lovett U. S. Appraiser clerk c. Barrack and Treme Canfield Chas. W. U. S. Appraiser clerk Nayades, n. Clio - page 200 POST OFFICE [1850] Merchant's Exchange buildings, Royal and Exchange Place. MUSSON, MICHAEL POST MASTER 119 TOULOUSE DeBuys P. A. Deputy Post Master 119 Esplanade Wiltz Valery Post Office Clerk Treme, b. St. Ann and Main Guibert A. D. Post Office Clerk Orleans, b. Dauphine and Burgundy Generelly L. E. Post Office Clerk 65 Montegut Miller H. C. Post Office Clerk 152 Royal Delgado F. Post Office Clerk Julia, b. Circus and Baronne Wilson R. D. Post Office Clerk St. John, 2d door below Poydras Bozonier A. Post Office Clerk Dauphine, b. St. Peter and Toulouse Rabouin R. Post Office Clerk St. Phillip, b. Claiborne and Robertson DeBuys John Post Office Clerk 111 Dumaine Michot Eugene Post Office Clerk Frenchmen, n. Claiborne Palmes Louis Post Office Clerk c. Craps and Elysian Fields Wiltz Adolphe Post Office Clerk Treme, b. St. Ann and Dumaine Pendleton J. D. Post Office Clerk c. Hevia and Circus Smith Hampton Post Office Clerk c. Hevia and Circus Adams J. Post Office Clerk Nayades, b. Erato and Clio Domingo Santos Post Office Clerk c. Esplanade and Claiborne Mulinary J. P. Post Office Clerk c. Royal and Hospital Porter C. Post Office Clerk 241 Canal Peyroux Eugene Post Office Clerk c. Ursulines and Rampart De?t?el F. A. Post Office Clerk Nayades