Le Gardeur and Montegut families papers, 1728-1968 | Louisiana Research Collection

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Collection Overview

Title: Le Gardeur and Montegut families papers, 1728-1968Add to your cart.

ID: LaRC/Manuscripts Collection 88

Primary Creator: Le Gardeur family.

Other Creators: Montegut family.

Extent: 2.0 Boxes

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged by topic as follows: correspondence (1728-1859), pamphlets, Conjunction, typescript of "Un Empoisonnment aux Antilles", genealogical notes, and oversize materials.

The collection consists of two boxes and one oversize folder.

Date Acquired: 10/00/1962. More info below under Accruals.

Subjects: Charity Hospital (New Orleans, La.) -- History., Le Gardeur, Gustave, Jr., Le Gardeur -- Genealogy., Montegut, Joseph, Jr., Montegut, Joseph., Montegut, Raymond., Montegut -- Genealogy., Roffignac, Joseph, 1766-1846.

Forms of Material: Certificates., Correspondence., Financial records., Orders (military records)

Languages: English, French, Spanish;Castilian

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The collection consists of correspondence and official documents pertaining to Dr. Joseph Montegut, Chief Surgeon of the Royal Hospital, later the Charity Hospital in New Orleans; Joseph Montegut, Jr. New Orleans official in the Spanish colonial and Claiborne regimes; Raymond Montegut, Lieutenant of Marines at the Battle of New Orleans; and Gustave Le Gardeur, Jr. Colonel in the Louisiana State Militia. There are letters (1832-1833) from Joseph Roffignac, Angoulème, France, former mayor of New Orleans, to Raymond Montegut, New Orleans.

The collection also contains a portions from the Register of Port áu Prince, Haiti, relative, to the genealogy of the Le Gardeur de Tilly family; a photograph of a miniature of James Pitot, second American mayor of New Orleans, and a few pamphlets pertaining to New Orleans and Louisiana.

Biographical Note

The Le Gardeur-Montegut family is a prominent New Orleans family, having three former New Orleans mayors and other important members of society. Dr. Joseph Montegut was Chief Surgeon of the Royal Hospital, later the Charity Hospital in New Orleans. Joseph Montegut, Jr. was a New Orleans official in the Spanish colonial and Claiborne regimes. Raymond Montegut was Lieutenant of Marines at the Battle of New Orleans. Gustave Le Gardeur, Jr. was Colonel in the Louisiana State Militia. Joseph Roffignac, Angoulème, France, was former mayor of New Orleans. James Pitot was the second American mayor of New Orleans.

René Le Gardeur, Jr., the donor of the Le Gardeur-Montegut papers, is the son of Marie-René-Joseph Le Gardeur. His grandparents were Gustave Le Gardeur, Jr. and Sophie-Adélaide Pitot. His great-grandmother, Rosa Montegut, married Armand Pitot, son of James Pitot, second mayor of New Orleans. His great-great grandfather was Joseph Montegut, Jr., and his great-great-great grandfather was Dr. Joseph Montegut. A daughter of Dr. Montegut, Felicité-Solidèlle, married Joseph Roffignac, a mayor of New Orleans. Edward Montegut, son of Dr. Montegut, was also a mayor of New Orleans.

Subject/Index Terms

Charity Hospital (New Orleans, La.) -- History.
Le Gardeur, Gustave, Jr.
Le Gardeur -- Genealogy.
Montegut, Joseph, Jr.
Montegut, Joseph.
Montegut, Raymond.
Montegut -- Genealogy.
Roffignac, Joseph, 1766-1846.

Administrative Information

Repository: Louisiana Research Collection

Accruals: Additional material added to the collection in 1963 and 1968.

Access Restrictions: Collection is open to the public. No known restrictions.

Use Restrictions: Physical rights are retained by the Louisiana Research Collection. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.

Acquisition Source: René Le Gardeur, Jr.

Acquisition Method: Gift.

Preferred Citation: Le Gardeur and Montegut families papers, Manuscripts Collection 88, Louisiana Research Collection, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118.

Processing Information: Collection processed in 1962.

Finding Aid Revision History: Finding aid information entered in Archon by LAC Group in 2011.

Other Note: OCLC Number: 770067248

Box and Folder Listing


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[Box 1: Recommendations, certificates, appointments, petitions, correspondence and other papers, 1728 January 10-1808 April 11],
[Box 2: Certificates, appointments, correspondence, pamphlets and other papers, 1808 April 11- 1968 January],
[Oversize folder 1: Plans, commissions and other papers, 1764-1880],
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Box 1: Recommendations, certificates, appointments, petitions, correspondence and other papers, 1728 January 10-1808 April 11Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Extracts from the Registers of Port au Prince, Haiti, relative to the genealogy of the Le Gardeur de Tilly family., 1728 January 10Add to your cart.
Copy dated 1779 December 28. In French and Latin.  Xerox.
Folder 2: Certifcate issued to Dr. Joseph Montegut by the Head Surgeon at the Condom Hospital, 1756 September 17Add to your cart.
In French.
Folder 3: Recommendation for Dr. Joseph Montegut from the Surgeon in Roques, Armagnac, France, 1757 April 29Add to your cart.
In French.
Folder 4: Certifcate issued to Dr. Joseph Montegut by the Chief Surgeon of the Admiralty in La Rochelle, France, qualifying him as a surgeon on merchant ships, 1758 March 27Add to your cart.
Oversize folder. In French.
Folder 5: Recommendation for Dr. Joseph Montegut from Dr. Chavaut, La Rochelle, France, 1762 February 16Add to your cart.
In French.
Folder 7: Recommendation for Dr. Joseph Montegut from Dr. Allouet, Paris, 1763 March 25Add to your cart.
in French.
Folder 8: Certificate issued to Dr. Joseph Montegut by Dr. Delafaye, professor at the Royal School of Surgery in Paris, 1764 February 27Add to your cart.
In French. Seal attached.
Folder 9: Codicil to the will of Pedro Joseph Delille, alias Dupard, relative to his bequest to Charity Hospital, 1775 September 30Add to your cart.
In Spanish.
Folder 10: Agreement between Pedro Delille, alias Dupard, and his wife on the one hand and Pedro Manuel Lopes y Arnesto on the other, altering the terms of the bequest to Charity Hospital, 1776 July 24Add to your cart.
In Spanish.
Folder 11: Baptismal certificate of Francisco Ramon José Montegut (Joseph, Jr.), New Orleans, 1780 December 28Add to your cart.
Certified copy dated 1802 September 30 and signed by Father Antonio de Sedella. In Spanish.
Folder 12: Order fixing the salary of Dr. Joseph Montegut as Head Surgeon of the Royal Hospital in New Orleans, 1782 September 17Add to your cart.
Certified copy dated 1783 February 6. In Spanish.
Folder 13: "Don Santiago Leduo Contra La Succession Vincent", 1784Add to your cart.
Also includes a suit by Dr. Joseph Montegut against the Vincent estate (1785). New Orleans. In Spanish.
Folder 14: Baptismal certificate of Juan Ramon Montegut (Raymond), New Orleans, 1785 December 4Add to your cart.
Certified copy dated 1802 September 30. In Spanish.
Folder 15: Plot and survey of lot on the corner of St. Ann and Bourbon Streets, New Orleans, 1788 October 20Add to your cart.
Signed by Carlos Trudeau. See number 22.
Folder 16: Baptismal certificate of Maria Montegut, New Orleans, 1789 January 19Add to your cart.
Certified copy dated 1802 October 6 and signed by Father Antonio de Sedella. In Spanish.
Folder 17: Plan of Dr. Joseph Montegut's house on Royal Street, New Orleans, 1790 May 17Add to your cart.
Oversize folder.
Folder 18: Deposition for a suit involving Captain Mauricio Noulan and Michael O'Hagan, 1791Add to your cart.
In Spanish.
Folder 19: Baptismal certificate of Maria Manuela Amada Montegut, New Orleans, 1794 August 4Add to your cart.
Certified copy dated 1802 September 30 and signed by Father Antonio de Sedella. In Spanish.
Folder 20: Deed of sale of a house on Orleans Street by Cristobal Badia to Dr. Joseph Montegut, 1796 March 14Add to your cart.
In Spanish.
Folder 21: Statement of accounts from Dr. Joseph Montegut to Mr. de St. Maxant, deceased, for visits, treatments, et cetera, 1796 October 24Add to your cart.
From 1780-1796. Written and signed by Dr. Joseph Montegut. In French.
Folder 22: Deed of donation of half a lot on Royal Street, New Orleans, by Dr. Joseph Montegut to Carlos and Andres, free negroes, 1797 January 28Add to your cart.
See number 15. In Spanish.
Folder 23: Receipt given by Gilberto Leonard to Dr. Joseph Montegut for the purchase of an anchor left by the French, 1798 August 7Add to your cart.
In Spanish.
Folder 24: Juan Ventura Morales, New Orleans, to Joseph Montegut, Jr., interim appointment to the Secretariat of the Intendancy, 1799 January 10Add to your cart.
In Spanish.
Folder 25: Receipt signed by Gilberto Leonard for a donation of 200 reales in silver by Dr. Joseph Montegut, 1799 December 31Add to your cart.
In Spanish.
Folder 26: Ramon de Lopez y Angulo, New Orleans, to Don José Montegut (Joseph, Jr.), praising his work in the service, 1801 July 1Add to your cart.
In Spanish.
Folder 27: Juan Ventura Morales, New Orleans, to  Joseph Montegut, Jr., appointment as Official Quinto de la Contaduria Principal del Ejército, 1802 September 14Add to your cart.
In Spanish.
Folder 28: Petition from Dr. Joseph Montegut to the Intendant General requesting an increase in salary, New Orleans, 1803 April 27Add to your cart.
Copy dated 1803 May 2. In Spanish.
Folder 29: Royal order appointing Joseph Montegut, Jr., as an official in the Secretariat of the Intendancy, 1803 May 5Add to your cart.
Copy dated 1803 August 20. In Spanish.
Folder 30: Royal order granting Dr. Joseph Montegut a raise in salary, 1803 October 14Add to your cart.
Copy dated 1804 April 17. In Spanish.
Folder 31: Appointment of Dr. Joseph Montegut as a member of the Board of Health, in and for the city of New Orleans by William C.C. Claiborne, 1804 August 29Add to your cart.
Oversize folder.
Folder 32: Petition by Joseph Montegut, Jr., to the Intendant General for a certified copy of his service record, 1804 November 5Add to your cart.
In Spanish.
Folder 33: Certified copy of a Certificate of Service issued to Joseph Montegut, Jr., signed by Juan Morales, New Orleans, 1804 November 5Add to your cart.
In Spanish.
Folder 34: Last will and testament of Dr. Joseph Montegut, New Orleans, 1805 February 22Add to your cart.
In Spanish.
Folder 35: Marriage certificate of Joseph Montegut, Jr., and Rose Gabrielle Nicholas, extracted from the Register of Marriages, 1805 June 3Add to your cart.
Edward and Louise Livingston were witnesses. Copy dated 1814 March 16 and certified by WIlliam DuBourg. New Orleans. In French.
Folder 36: Juan Ventura Morales, Panzacola (sic), to Joseph Montegut, Jr., New Orleans, asking if he planned to continue in the service of Spain, 1806 March 15Add to your cart.
In Spanish.
Folder 37: Draft of a letter from Joseph Montegut, Jr., to Juan Ventura Morales requesting a leave of absence, 1806 August 16Add to your cart.
In Spanish.
Folder 38: Juan Ventura Morales, Panzacola (sic), to Joseph Montegut, Jr., New Orleans, stating that he is unable to grant Montegut's request, 1806 August 29Add to your cart.
In Spanish.
Folder 39: Juan Ventura Morales, Panzacola (sic), to José Montegut, Hijo (Joseph, Jr.), New Orleans, expressing regret about his separation from the service, 1806 November 11Add to your cart.
Folder 40: Baptismal certificate of Joseph Gabriel Edgar Montegut, New Orleans, 1808 April 11Add to your cart.
Copy dated 1814 March 16, and certified by William DuBourg. In French.

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[Box 1: Recommendations, certificates, appointments, petitions, correspondence and other papers, 1728 January 10-1808 April 11],
[Box 2: Certificates, appointments, correspondence, pamphlets and other papers, 1808 April 11- 1968 January],
[Oversize folder 1: Plans, commissions and other papers, 1764-1880],
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