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French colonies.

 Subject
Subject Source: Fast

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Donatien Marie Joseph de Vimeur Rochambeau Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS Group 016
Abstract

Correspondence, decrees, and other documents regarding Donatien Marie Joseph de Vimeur Rochambeau's involvement with Saint Domingue and Toussaint Louverture.

Dates: 1764-1803

Jérémie Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS Group 017
Abstract

Records of the jurisdiction of Jérémie in Saint-Domingue (present-day Haiti) notarized by more than thirty notaries who operated both in Jérémie and in outlying areas. Also includes records of the civil administration, documents registered with the greffier (registrar), and a small number of ecclesiastical records.

Dates: 1714-1896; Majority of material found within 1770-1804

Observations Importantes by Sugar Traders in Nantes, France

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0450
Abstract

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

Dates: 1788

Slavery and Plantations in Saint Domingue Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS Group 159
Abstract

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

Dates: 1779-1791