Southern Claims Commission disallowed claims, 1871-1880
Series: National Archives microfiche publication -- M1407; National Archives microfiche publications -- M1407
Publisher: National Archives
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Washington [D.C.]
Language: eng
Format: [microform]
Number of pages: 4829
Subjects: Archives; History; Claims; United States. Commissioners of Claims
Other titles: Barred and disallowed case files of the Southern Claims Commission, 1871-1880
Description: "This microfiche publication reproduces the case files of the claims submitted to the Commissioners of Claims (otherwise known as the Southern Claims Commisssion) that the Commission wholly disallowed or barred. These records are a part of Record Group 233, records of the U.S. House of Representatives"--From the introduction on fiche 1.
Notes: Title from fiche header.

"The case files for wholly disallowed claims appear first, filmed by report number and thereunder by office number. Barred claims follow, filmed in alphabetical order by surnames of claimants"--Introduction on fiche 1.

An index to the collection is reproduced on the first 4 fiches.

A printed guide, "Consolidated index of claims reported by the Commissioner of Claims to the House of Representatives from 1871 to 1880" (by J.B. Holloway and Walter H. French. Washington, D.C. : U.S. G.P.O, 1892) provides an alphabetical index by name of claimant.