Court records of Spanish New Orleans, 1784-1808.

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Court records of Spanish New Orleans, 1784-1808.

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Manuscript records of the proceedings in eight court cases involving local citizens and interests. All began during the period of Spanish domination of the city. The cases represented in the records are: Fermin Songy vs. the succession of Pedro Rillieux (1799), Hilario Boutte vs. Claudio Chabot (1791-1800), Martin Braquier vs. the succession of Gilbert Antoine St. Maxent (1796-1798), Lorenzo Sigur vs. Isabel Larroche (1795-1796), Sigur vs. Andres Almonester y Roxas (1798), Claude Treme vs. Gilberto Guillemard (1804-1808, including documents dating back to 1797), proceedings instituted by Francisco Blache to execute the last will and testament of Luis Blondeau (1799-1803), and the succession of Gilbert Antoine St. Maxent (1784-1803). The Boutte vs. Chabot record includes testimony by the latter's wife describing the imprisonment and illness of her husband, along with details of her own business ventures. The extensive record of the St. Maxent succession documents the estate of one of colonial Louisiana's largest landowners. Also included in one of the record volumes are minutes of the Court of Pleas for the Orleans Territory (1804). Many of the documents in this record group were prepared and signed by the notary publics of the city, including Pierre Pedesclaux, Rafael Perdomo, Narcisse Broutin, and Carlos Ximenes. Also included are papers signed by the members of the judicial tribunal hearing the suits, including governors Carondelet, Casa Calvo, Miro, Galvez, and Gayoso de Lemos. Abstracts and/or partial translations are available for portions of the records. While these records probably originated in the same tribunals represented in the collection of Spanish Judicial Records held by the Louisiana State Museum, the present collection is identified as part of the municipal archives in an inventory prepared in 1845.

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