Minutes, 1835 - 1836
Scope and Contents
The records include manuscript minutes of meetings of the Board of Directors and of the Executive Committee, 1835-1856; financial journals and ledgers, 1835-1860; a book of receipt stubs from stock certificates (with blank and voided certificates), 1835-1847; an inventory book, 1850-1868 (which also includes a couple of records relating to the cost of labor and materials on specific company projects in 1868); an undated "census" of property owners listed by square; and a plan book of the"second section", dated 1852.
The last-named volume, prepared by civil engineer/surveyor Theodore Gillespie, includes copies of plans of individual squares in the section, showing lot subdivisions and names of lot owners, along with accompanying charts showing lot dimensions and valuations. Pasted into the back of the plan book are a copy of the 1835 DePouilly plan of Faubourg Jackson, an undated plan of the cemeteries at Canal Street and present-day City Park Avenue, and a plan (also by Gillespie) of property along Bayou St. John east of Faubourg Jackson.
Dates
- Creation: 1835 - 1836
Creator
- From the Collection: New Orleans Draining Company (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Available on microfilm to registered researchers by appointment. Original documents are closed for research.
Requesting Materials
Extent
From the Collection: 8 Volumes
From the Collection: 2 Folders (8 volumes and 2 folders, available on 2 rolls of microfilm)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Call Number
MS-313; filed under mf call number: LN32
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Repository
City Archives & Special Collections
219 Loyola Avenue
New Orleans LA 70112
504-596-2610
archivist@nolalibrary.org