Mayor Joseph A. Shakespeare papers

Collection — Box: Incoming Correspondence

Identifier: CA-AA-Shakespeare

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Mayor Joseph Shakespeare, Incoming Correspondence

Scope and Contents

Letter, dated April 2, 1889, from Henry C. Miller, attorney for the Board of Liquidation, City Debt, urging that he be made an assistant City Attorney. Attached is a copy of a resolution of the City Council effecting this request. Click image to view full letter.

Dates

Creation: 1889

Creator

Office of the Mayor (Organization)
Joseph A. Shakespeare (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

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Conditions Governing Use

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Biographical / Historical

Shakespeare was Mayor of New Orleans from 1880-1882 and again from 1888-1892. His second tenure as mayor included the assassination of the Chief of Police and the subsequent lynchings of Italian Americans.

Extent

1 Files (1 item. )

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Related Materials

Letterbooks with copies of outgoing correspondence have been preserved with the Office of the Mayor records. Request the volumes by the dates associated with each individual mayor for more information, as well as additional records from that mayor's tenure.