A Literary Tour de France
Orléans
Summary
| Population: | 39,000 in 1780. |
| Book Trade: | eleven booksellers and four large printers. Guild, chambre syndicale, and book trade inspector. |
| Institutions: | capital of Orléanais, with royal Intendance, military government, Hôtel des Monnaies mint, tax généralité, and bishopric. |
| Culture |
university of Law, college of medicine, large college, learned academy, theater, music, newspaper, and reading cabinet. Literacy (for entire département): male 34%, female 20%. |
| Communications: | port on Loire river. Destination and stop on diligence post roads from Paris to Bordeaux and Toulouse. |
| Economy: | commercial city. Sugar refineries and textile production (hosiery, calicoes and cloth dying). Trade in wool, wine, trees, plants, fruits, and vegetables |