James Madison Wells papers, 1886-1900.

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James Madison Wells papers, 1886-1900.

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Records of the Court of Claims of the United States pertaining to suits filed by James Madison Wells. The records consist of court memos, rulings, dockets, judicial motions, testimonies, and letters associated with congressional cases no. 435, no. 2524, and 10,271, which concern Wells' charges that U.S. forces under the command of General Nathaniel P. Banks illegally took cattle, sugar, molasses, brick and lumber, and other supplies from his property in Rapides Parish during the Red River Expedition of 1864. Many of the documents are depositions of farmhands, relatives, business associates, and Wells himself, who describes the confiscations and attests to his status as a Union sympathizer who never gave aid to Confederate troops. Also included in the papers are documents from the U.S. secretary of the treasury, who authorizes restitution payments to Wells for goods seized by military and naval forces.

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