Subject: New Orleans (La.)--History

This manuscript ledger records the 1863 tax assessments for the 7th District of New Orleans, Louisiana. Compiled most likely before the Federal occupation of May 1863, it details the taxes assessed on real estate, slaves (including those owned by Free People of Color), income, and personal property of numerous residents and businesses. The ledger is handwritten in ink and pencil, bound in gray cloth boards, and features printed column headings. It provides a valuable snapshot of the demographics, wealth distribution, and economic activities of New Orleans during the Civil War.

Broadside advertisement for Levy's Letter Sheet Wholesale Prices-Current, published in New Orleans, Louisiana on January 19, 1833. Printed by Benjamin Levy, a prominent Jewish printer and publisher in New Orleans.