sub-treasury in New Orleans
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The sub-treasury in New Orleans was a regional federal financial office that handled U.S. government funds and transactions as part of the 19th-century Independent Treasury System.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| sub-treasury in New Orleans canonical | 1 |
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States sub-treasury
ⓘ
federal government office ⓘ regional financial office ⓘ |
| appliesToPeriod |
19th century
ⓘ
Reconstruction era ⓘ antebellum United States ⓘ |
| associatedWithPolicy |
hard-money fiscal policy
ⓘ
Independent Treasury System ⓘ
surface form:
independent treasury doctrine
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| governedBy |
Independent Treasury Act of 1846
ⓘ
subsequent federal treasury legislation ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
acted as a government depository
ⓘ
conducted federal financial transactions ⓘ disbursed federal funds ⓘ facilitated customs and tariff payments ⓘ handled U.S. government funds ⓘ received federal revenues ⓘ stored federal specie and coin ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
helped separate federal finances from private banks
ⓘ
served as a key fiscal node for Gulf Coast trade ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | federal government transactions in the New Orleans region ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Louisiana
ⓘ
New Orleans ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
Treasurer of the United States
ⓘ
United States Department of the Treasury ⓘ |
| partOf |
Independent Treasury System
ⓘ
federal fiscal infrastructure ⓘ network of regional sub-treasuries ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
U.S. Treasury securities
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Treasury securities
customs house in New Orleans ⓘ Port of New Orleans ⓘ
surface form:
port of New Orleans
|
| replacedBy |
modern Treasury and Federal Reserve arrangements
ⓘ
national banking system facilities ⓘ |
| usedCurrency |
US dollar
ⓘ
surface form:
United States dollar
|
| usedMediumOfExchange |
gold coin
ⓘ
silver coin ⓘ specie ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.