Étienne Perier (governor)
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Étienne Perier or Étienne de Perier, also known as Perier the Elder, was a French naval officer and governor of French Louisiana from 1726 to 1733. His time as governor included some notable achieveme
Posthumous portrait by unknown artist
The action of 8 May 1744, at which Perier captured HMS Northumberland
New Orleans tiled lettering marking Perrier Street.
Ursuline Convent was a series of historic Ursuline convents in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. In 1727, at the request of Governor Étienne Perier, nuns from the Ursuline Convent of Rouen went t
Étienne Perier (governor)
…construction of more churches and rectories. He also welcomed the Ursuline nuns to the city; his wife, Catherine, laid the cornerstone for the nuns' first convent in the city. Achieving these public works required the labor of enslaved Africans. The Company of the Indies had a monopoly on the slave trade. During…
Northwest façade of the Old Ursuline Convent
A 1733 elevation of the first building