Scope and Contents The papers include his "olographic" will, his "Memoranda, being reflections, opinions and recommendations" to the executors of his estate, and his memorandum on real estate owned in Jefferson Parish, La. Formerly cataloged under call number LOURV 976.3 M13o.Item one comprises three photostats, two positive and one negative, of what is identified as the "Olographic Will and Testament" of John McDonogh. These are actually photostats of an 1850 copy of McDonogh's will made after his...

Scope and Contents Included are manuscript records of individual suits filed before the Court. Each suit record includes all or some of the following documents: petitions, citations, orders, answers, judgments, and exhibits (such as transcriptions of testimony, letters, inventories, copies of other documents, etc.). Existing inventories of these records suggest that approximately 15% are missing. The Genealogical Society of Utah microfilmed the "genealogically significant" suit records, as well as the minute...