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reimbursement of funds paid to United States troops stationed in New Orleans in the autumn of 1815, months after the Battle of New Orleans. As the government had not provided then-paymaster of the troops J. T. Pemberton with the funds, the bank advanced the payroll at the request of deputy paymaster Ambrose D. Smith in good faith with assurances that the bank would be reimbursed by the government.
Several petitions to the Treasury Department had been denied for lack of the proper documentation—most importantly because the pay and receipt rolls showing the pay due each soldier had not accompanied the request. The January 3, 1822, letter of Third Auditor Peter Hagner of the Treasury Department reproduced in this report also notes that other documentation from the commanding officer—specifying each man’s period of enlistment, pay due, and the soldier’s discharge—is lacking.
Regardless, the Committee of Claims supported the Planters’ Bank petition, stating that the committee members were of the “opinion that the conduct of the petitioners was generous and patriotic; and that the liberal advance of funds... entitles them to the gratitude of their country, and a liberal and equitable settlement of their accounts.” Unfortunately, the amount in question is not disclosed in the document. The Planters’ Bank was incorporated in 1811; planter and merchant Laurent Millaudon is listed as its president in the 1822 New Orleans city directory. (2011.0151)
H The library acquired a small volume, published in Boston for private circulation, honoring the life of a federal officer who died in his country’s service in New Orleans. Final Memorials of Major Joseph Warren Paine... (1865), compiled by William S. Studley, pastor of Boston’s Tremont Street Methodist Episcopal Church, goes beyond the usual laudatory remarks from friends and colleagues, presenting letters written by Paine (1832-1864) to his father
Major Joseph Warren Paine from Final Memorials of Major Joseph Warren Paine., compiled by William S. Studley, 1865
(2011.0155.1)
describing action during the Red River Campaign and several poems and essays by the officer.
Paine entered the service in 1863 as a first lieutenant with the Thirteenth New York Cavalry. He received a commission early in 1864 as major of the Fourth United States Colored Cavalry (Corps d’Afrique), proceeding to New Orleans to take command. Described in the volume as “the Colored Man’s friend,” he was tireless in providing all he could for his men. Paine died of what physicians at the time termed “congestive chills” (malaria) on November 25, 1864, at a house on Rampart Street occupied by fellow officers. (2011.0155.1)
I The Conference of Charities of New Orleans was organized on May 16, 1883, for the purpose of regulating assistance to the poor to prevent duplicate and indiscriminate giving; elevating the home life and health of the poor; and preventing children from “growing up as paupers.” It was administered by the Ladies’ Unsectarian Aid Society, whose offices were located on St. Joseph Street between Baronne and Caronde-let. In 1889 the society opened the New Orleans Training School for Nurses there and, later, a hospital for women and children named for H. Sophie Newcomb.
The library received a donation of Ninth Annual Report ofthe Conference of Charities of New Orleans, La___ (1892) from
Ellen Goodell. (2011.0102)
—Pamela D. Arceneaux
Manuscripts
For the second quarter of 2011 (April— June), there were 21 acquisitions, totaling approximately 11.5 linear feet.
H The Historic New Orleans Collection recently acquired 114 letters, dated between 1829 and 1842, that Jean-Baptiste Longpre, a former resident of New Orleans who was then residing in Nantes and Montpellier, France, received from business associates and family members. Written in French and posted from New Orleans, Havana, Santiago de Cuba, New York, and various cities in France, the letters are an excellent source of information on daily life in New Orleans. They address a variety of topics, including the local impact of Great Britain’s Emancipation Act of 1833, the abolitionist movement, the American economic crisis, the construction of two unnamed hotels on St. Louis Street, Mississippi River flooding, and New Orleans bankruptcies. (2011.0145) This group of letters complements the recently acquired Jean-Baptiste Longpre Archive (2011.0082), containing more than 590 letters and business records covering the years 1798-1841.
H Nicki Thorne-Thomsen donated the Nunn and Gragnon Families Papers, which document the families of coal merchant Frederick B. Nunn (1852-1908) and his son-in-law Dr. Dominique J. Gragnon (1880-1928) between
1880	and 1973. Focused on the Nunn family, the three-linear-foot collection includes family photographs and memorabilia relating to family members’ education, such as notebooks kept by Nunn’s oldest daughter, Mary “Mamie” Nunn (b. 1872), during her time as a student at St. Joseph’s Catholic School on Tulane Avenue at Marais Street. The notebooks provide a personal glimpse
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