Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Manuscript volumes, generally recording the dates of arrival and departure, name, tonnage, and levee dues assessed for each ship or other craft in the port of New Orleans. Many records also include remarks and/or records of payment of the levee dues. In some instances there are separate reports or other notes glued into the volumes. Separate books were kept for each class of vessel (i.e., ships, steamboats, and flatboats). The steamboat register, 1855-1858 (5th and 6th sections), also...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Manuscript volumes, generally recording the dates of arrival and departure, name, tonnage, and levee dues assessed for each ship or other craft in the port of New Orleans. Many records also include remarks and/or records of payment of the levee dues. In some instances there are separate reports or other notes glued into the volumes. Separate books were kept for each class of vessel (i.e., ships, steamboats, and flatboats). The steamboat register, 1855-1858 (5th and 6th sections), also...