New Orleans (La.) City Archives Pamphlet Collection, 1850-1861.
- 29 v.
This is a collection of miscellaneous printed pamphlets either produced
by/for municipal offices or closely related to the conduct of city business.
Subjects represented include the city debt, public schools, the fire
department, drainage, the John McDonogh estate, railroads, and the
House of Refuge. There are two copies of the city charter with
amendments, two annual messages of the Mayor, and a souvenir of the
1852 memorial service honoring Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, and John
C. Calhoun.
The pamphlets are arranged in chronological/alphabetical order, with
several undated items arranged alphabetically at the end of the series.
They are listed by title in the following inventory.
Available on one roll of 35mm microfilm, roll #89-257, filed under film call
number LN35.
Inventory
Report of Commissioners of the General Sinking Fund, January 15th
1850. New Orleans, 1850.
City digest: including a sketch of the political history of New Orleans; the
decisions of the Supreme Court of Louisiana, relative to the powers of
the corporation of New Orleans; the consolidation and other acts;
organizing the new corporation of New Orleans, and a digest of the old
laws, relative to the City, now in Force, with copious index and marginal
notes. By Alexander Walker. New Orleans, 1852.
Statement of the consolidated debt of the city of New Orleans, April 12,
1852. New Orleans, 1852.
A history of the proceedings in the city of New Orleans, on the occasion
of the funeral ceremonies in honor of Calhoun, Clay and Webster, which
took place on Thursday, December 9th, 1852. Published by order of the
General Committee of Arrangements, on authority of the City Council.
New Orleans, 1853.
The new city charter, with the amendments of 1853. New Orleans,
1854.
[NOTE: Two copies of this pamphlet appear on the microfilm; the
first is complete, while the second is missing a page].
Rules for the government of the public schools, prescribed by the Board
of School Directors, of the First District, of the city of New Orleans.
Printed by authority of the Board. New Orleans, 1854.
Annual report of Superintendent of Public Schools, Fourth District, New
Orleans, May 12, 1855. New Orleans, 1855.
Fundamental rules for the administration of the general estate of John
McDonogh, adopted by the Commissioners and Agents of New Orleans
and Baltimore; and the opinion of Mr. Roselius as to their powers and
duties. New Orleans, 1855.
Report upon the wealth, internal resources, and commercial prosperity of
the city of New Orleans. New Orleans, 1855.
Annual report of the Board of Directors of the Public Schools of the First
District of New Orleans, for the year ending June 30, 1856, submitted to
the Hon. the Common Council of the city; with the report of the Finance
Committee to the Board of Directors, May 15, 1856, (appended by order
of the Board.) New Orleans, 1856.
The city charter. 1856. New Orleans, 1856.
Report of the Grand Jury of the Parish of Orleans. By order of the First
District Court. New Orleans, 1856.
General message of Mayor C.M. Waterman, to the Common Council of
the city of New Orleans, October 1st, 1857. [New Orleans], 1857.
Report of the Board of Commissioners of the House of Refuge to the
Common Council. New Orleans, 1857.
Report on drainage by Louis H. Pilie, City Surveyor. Communicated to
the Common Council October 5th, 1857. New Orleans, 1857.
Message [of the Mayor, to the Common Council, relative to the New
Orleans Jackson and Great Northern R.R. Co., April 13th, 1858]. [New
Orleans, 1858].
The American Fire Alarm and Police Telegraph. To which the attention
of the municipal government, insurers and property holders of the city of
New Orleans is respectfully requested. John N. Gamewell & Co., of
Camden, South Carolina, proprietors. New Orleans, 1859.
Annual report of the Chief Engineer of the Fire Department, of the city of
New Orleans, for the year 1858. New Orleans, 1859.
Memorial of the Board of Commissioners of the House of Refuge, to the
Common Council of New Orleans. [New Orleans, 1859].
Message of the Mayor [to the Honorable the Common Council, October
11, 1859]. [New Orleans, 1859].
Report on proposed system of drainage for First Draining District, New
Orleans. By Major G.T. Beauregard, Chief Engineer. New Orleans,
1859.
Annual reports of the officers and committees of the Firemen's Charitable
Association, for the year 1859. New Orleans, 1860.
Memorial and documents in relation to the plan for closing crevasses,
etc. invented by E.H. Angamar, patented by Letters Patent of U.S., 12th
July, 1859. New Orleans, 1860.
[Report of the Secretary of the McDonogh School Fund to the Common
Council, July 10, 1860]. [New Orleans, 1860].
Report of O. Robin, Special Commissioner deputed to ascertain where
saltpetre could be procured, etc., to the Board of Aldermen, August 9,
1861. New Orleans, 1861.
In the Supreme Court. City of New Orleans versus the Wardens of the
Church of St. Louis. Appeal from the Fourth District Court. [New
Orleans, n.d.]
In the Supreme Court. Legatees of Nicholas Girod versus A.D.
Crossman, J.L. Lewis, and the city of New Orleans. Appeal from the
Second District Court. [New Orleans, n.d.]
Memorial [of the city of New Orleans to the Honorable, the Senate and
House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress
assembled]. [New Orleans, n.d.]
Rules to regulate the proceedings in the Board of Aldermen of the city of
New Orleans. [New Orleans, n.d.]
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