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110	2		_aFrench and American Claims Commission.
245	0	0	_aFrench and American Claims Commission records, _f1861-1884.
300			_a7,000 _fitems.
300			_a21 _fcontainers.
300			_a8.4 _flinear feet.
506	0		_aOpen to research.
520	8		_aCorrespondence, 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.
545	1		_aCommission 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.
546			_aCollection material in French with English.
555	8		_aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room.
583			_aThe records were originally processed as part of the Manuscript Division's David Dixon Porter Papers from which they were separated.
600	1	0	_aBanks, Nathaniel Prentiss, _d1816-1894 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aButler, Benjamin F. _q(Benjamin Franklin), _d1818-1893 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aSeward, William Henry, _d1801-1872 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aStanton, Edwin McMasters, _d1814-1869 _vCorrespondence.
610	1	0	_aFrance. _bMinistère des affaires étrangères.
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _bArmy _xHistory _yCivil War, 1861-1865.
650		0	_aDiplomatic and consular service, French _zUnited States.
650		0	_aFrench _zAlabama _xHistory.
650		0	_aFrench _zArkansas _xHistory.
650		0	_aFrench _zFlorida _xHistory.
650		0	_aFrench _zLouisiana _xHistory.
650		0	_aFrench _zLouisiana _zNew Orleans _xHistory.
650		0	_aFrench _zMexico _xHistory.
650		0	_aFrench _zMississippi _xHistory.
650		0	_aFrench _zMissouri _xHistory.
650		0	_aFrench _zTexas _xHistory.
650		0	_aFrench _zUnited States.
650		0	_aPillage _zMexico.
651		0	_aLouisiana _xHistory _yCivil War, 1861-1865.
651		0	_aMexico _xHistory _y19th century.
651		0	_aNew Orleans (La.) _xHistory _yCivil War, 1861-1865.
651		0	_aUnited States _xHistory _yCivil War, 1861-1865 _xCampaigns.
651		0	_aUnited States _xHistory _yCivil War, 1861-1865 _xClaims.
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