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William Darby (1775-1854), a native of Pennsylvania, was a surveyor and geographer who lived in Louisiana during the years following the Louisiana Purchase. In the preface to his Geographical Description of the State of Louisiana, Darby notes that he had witnessed, "The various events and revolutions that have developed the character of the people, and demonstrated the value of Louisiana as an acquisition to the United States...." In the pages displayed here, Darby provides an inventory of the major public buildings of New Orleans, gives a succinct description of its population, comments most favorably on the "livability" of the city, and discusses the condition of the area's fortifications.      [William Darby. A Geographical Description of the State of Louisiana . . . Being an Accompaniment to the Map of Louisiana (Philadelphia, 1816)]

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