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| Vincent Nolte was a German-Italian
merchant and cotton buyer for an Amsterdam firm. He came to New Orleans in 1806 and accumulated
considerable wealth and social position in the city before he was forced to return to Europe after his firm
failed. Although his reminiscences were not published until 1854, shortly before his death, Nolte was in the
city during the years surrounding the Purchase and his memoirs provide a vivid account of life in New
Orleans at the time.
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On these pages, Nolte describes the business climate in New Orleans at the time of its transfer to the
United States, focusing on the business acumen of such enterprising American merchants as Shepherd
Brown, W.M. Montgomery, and John McDonogh, all of whom made their fortunes in the "great and growing
city" of New Orleans. View a page
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