French and American Claims Commission creator mixed material monographic fre eng 7,000 21 8.4 Correspondence, petitions, inventories, depositions, lists, certificates, and receipts. Most of the correspondence is from French residents in New Orleans and elsewhere in Louisiana and is addressed to the French consul in New Orleans, the French minister in Washington, D.C., and the ministry of foreign affairs (Ministère des affaires étrangères) in Paris. Some petitions are from French residents in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Mississippi, Missouri, and Texas. Includes material relating to the Union Army's western offensive and occupation of New Orleans and to protests by French residents of Bagdad, Mexico, a settlement attacked and pillaged by U.S. Army soldiers in January 1866. Correspondents include Nathaniel Prentiss Banks, Benjamin F. Butler, William Henry Seward, and Edwin McMasters Stanton. Open to research. Commission established in 1880 by a treaty between the governments of France and the United States to resolve outstanding claims by French citizens residing in the United States for property confiscated or destroyed during the Civil War. Collection material in French with English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room. The records were originally processed as part of the Manuscript Division's David Dixon Porter Papers from which they were separated. Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss 1816-1894 Correspondence Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin) 1818-1893 Correspondence Seward, William Henry 1801-1872 Correspondence Stanton, Edwin McMasters 1814-1869 Correspondence France. Ministère des affaires étrangères. United States. Army History Civil War, 1861-1865 Diplomatic and consular service, French United States French Alabama History French Arkansas History French Florida History French Louisiana History French Louisiana New Orleans History French Mexico History French Mississippi History French Missouri History French Texas History French United States Pillage Mexico Louisiana History Civil War, 1861-1865 Mexico History 19th century New Orleans (La.) History Civil War, 1861-1865 United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Claims mm 97084103 Open to research. DLC 971007 20260227111726.0 mm 97084103