06. Latin American and Caribbean Collections

Correspondence of the various colonial governors of the British West Indies together with financial accounts and pay warrants.

Correspondence and other records documenting politics in Haiti in the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries.

Notarial papers from offices in various regions of Haiti.

"Observations Importantes" by anonymous sugar traders in Nantes, France, and an "Avis" written by the deputies of commerce of Brittany.

An 1816 manuscript entitled, "Observations de la Chambre de Commerce... Marseille," which deals with the commerce of Marseille, particularly with the French colonies in the Americas.

Two letters written by anonymous author to Bartolomé Guzmán in Bolivia, pertaining to political developments, the South American Wars of Independence, Peru and the Río de la Plata.

Catechisms and sermons by Jesuit priests of Bolivia in Spanish and Aymara languages.

Collection of 22 handwritten letters pertaining to potential sales of various plantations and holdings, including slaves, in St. Domingue (present-day Haiti).

Correspondence, financial records, and others documents about the organization and activities of the Spanish military in Cuba from 1869 to 1897.

Journal of unidentified American smith who lived briefly in Haiti.