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 |
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| sub-treasury in New Orleans canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2780698 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: sub-treasury in New Orleans Context triple: [Independent Treasury System, hasComponent, sub-treasury in New Orleans]
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A.
Confederate States Treasury
The Confederate States Treasury was the financial department of the Confederate government responsible for managing its fiscal policy, public debt, and wartime financing during the American Civil War.
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B.
New Orleans Mint
The New Orleans Mint was a historic branch of the United States Mint that produced gold and silver coinage in the 19th and early 20th centuries and now serves as a museum and cultural site.
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C.
Florida Treasury
The Florida Treasury is the state government entity responsible for managing Florida’s public funds, investments, and related financial operations under the oversight of the Chief Financial Officer.
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D.
First Bureau
The First Bureau is a key division within the Chinese Communist Party’s United Front Work Department, responsible for managing and coordinating united front activities in a specific priority area or sector.
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E.
Baltimore branch of the Second Bank of the United States
The Baltimore branch of the Second Bank of the United States was a regional office of the early 19th-century national bank that became historically significant as the institutional setting for the landmark Supreme Court case McCulloch v. Maryland.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: sub-treasury in New Orleans Target entity description: 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.
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A.
Confederate States Treasury
The Confederate States Treasury was the financial department of the Confederate government responsible for managing its fiscal policy, public debt, and wartime financing during the American Civil War.
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B.
New Orleans Mint
The New Orleans Mint was a historic branch of the United States Mint that produced gold and silver coinage in the 19th and early 20th centuries and now serves as a museum and cultural site.
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C.
Florida Treasury
The Florida Treasury is the state government entity responsible for managing Florida’s public funds, investments, and related financial operations under the oversight of the Chief Financial Officer.
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D.
First Bureau
The First Bureau is a key division within the Chinese Communist Party’s United Front Work Department, responsible for managing and coordinating united front activities in a specific priority area or sector.
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E.
Baltimore branch of the Second Bank of the United States
The Baltimore branch of the Second Bank of the United States was a regional office of the early 19th-century national bank that became historically significant as the institutional setting for the landmark Supreme Court case McCulloch v. Maryland.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States sub-treasury
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federal government office ⓘ regional financial office ⓘ |
| appliesToPeriod |
19th century
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Reconstruction era ⓘ antebellum United States ⓘ |
| associatedWithPolicy |
hard-money fiscal policy
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Independent Treasury System ⓘ
surface form:
independent treasury doctrine
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| governedBy |
Independent Treasury Act of 1846
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subsequent federal treasury legislation ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
acted as a government depository
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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
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served as a key fiscal node for Gulf Coast trade ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | federal government transactions in the New Orleans region ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Louisiana
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New Orleans ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
Treasurer of the United States
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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
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| replacedBy |
modern Treasury and Federal Reserve arrangements
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national banking system facilities ⓘ |
| usedCurrency |
US dollar
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surface form:
United States dollar
|
| usedMediumOfExchange |
gold coin
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silver coin ⓘ specie ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: sub-treasury in New Orleans Description of subject: 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.
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