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Reports of the Captain of the Guard

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The records of the Department of Police include:

• Reports, including arrests
• Personnel records
• Minutes of the Board of Police
• Certificates of arrest for runaway enslaved people
• Financial Reocrds
• Correspondence
• Personnel records
• Messages received and sent from the Fire Alarm and Police Telegraph

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Reports of the Captain of the Gaurd of the First Muncipality

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Collection contains the records of Jefferson City, a suburb of New Orleans, from the founding in 1850 until it was annexed by New Orleans in 1870. Includes the records of the council, the mayor, police, courts, assessors, and register of births and deaths, among other records. Records are arranged into series based on city department or official.

Scope and Contents The majority of records are financial in nature except for one volume of correspondence and one volume of arrests. Although the department was required to keep various books of record, including "complaints against officers and members, and the judgments of the board thereupon; of time lost by officers and members; of accounts showing the amount of moneys received and expended, and how and for what purposes received and expended; of the proceedings of the board; of stolen money and property...

Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series includes correspondence between the Mayor and the Council and with other government entities, officials, as well as constituents. Additionally, the series contains licenses and permits issued to merchants and businesses, especially bakeries. The register of Free People of Color mandated by the Louisiana State legislature, in addition to other records tracking and monitoring enslaved people and people of color are in this series.

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Records of the Commisarries and City Guard. Includes arrest records of enslaved people, soldiers, and sailors; an early census of the 2nd District of the City; and reports of the Captain of the Guard.

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Manuscript volumes, in French until July, 1840, with the remaining in English. The reports are divided into two subseries: volumes maintained in the Mayor's Office and those maintained in the Recorder's Office. They include records of arrest and reports of guard members regarding their job performance. Also included in this series is the beat book, containing the daily list of officers and their assigned beats.