Casa Capitular de esta ciudad (Cabildo, 701 Chartres)

ID: 5899 ~ Source: Courtesy of Louisiana Division/City Archives & Special Collections, New Orleans Public Library, Governor's Office Private Dispatches of Governor Miro, 1784-1794, p. 165, Negative Number: N-1550. ~ Date: February 28, 1799

This file appears in: The Cabildo: The Archaeology of a Colonial-Era New Orleans Prison

This file appears in: The Cabildo: The Archaeology of a Colonial-Era New Orleans Prison

The Cabildo: The Archaeology of a Colonial-Era New Orleans Prison

By D. Ryan Gray

The excavations at the Cabildo represented a rare opportunity to recover archaeological evidence of Colonial era governance, particularly in the realm of punishment. Modern conceptions of the prison…