Nolte, Vincent [1779-1856] - Fifty Years in Both Hemispheres; or, Reminiscences of the Life of a Former Merchant..,.Translated from the German .

New York, Redfield, 1854. Later boards.. 19x13cm, xxii,484 pp. Recent binder's blind boards. Binding in VG condition.. Foxed. Several pages bear pencilled markings. Good. ¶ Novelist Hamilton Basso's copy, with his name and date on flyleaf. [" 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. 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" - Nutrias website].

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