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Eighteenth century.

 Subject
Subject Source: Fast

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

Anonymous Copybook

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0470
Abstract

Copies of letters addressed to the Printer, to Lord North, to the King, etc., signed "An Englishman," "A Friend to the Government," "One Million of Loyal Faithful Englishmen," etc., on topics regarding the church, unrest in America, and other affairs of the day.

Dates: 1774-1775

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

M. de Marillac Letter Book

 Collection
Identifier: MS Group 128
Abstract

Letter book containing copies and drafts of letters to the Comte de Pontchartrain from a French naval officer of the Marine. Includes a description of a voyage to the West Indies.

Dates: 1699-1702

Relacion de la orden y manera de proceder del Santo Officio... de la Inquisicion

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0466
Abstract

Manuscript copy of a 1559 relacion by Philip II of Spain and Pope Paul IV relating the procedures to be followed by the Holy Office of the Inquisition (Santo Officio).

Dates: 1700-1799?

Royal Havana Company Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS Group 025
Abstract

Royal Havana Company was a Spanish company based in Havana, Cuba, which specialized in shipbuilding and trading of tobacco and sugar. This collection includes notes about shipments of tobacco, and a letter penned by Martín de Aróstegui, defending his role as president of Royal Havana Company.

Dates: 1749

Saint-Domingue and Haitian Autograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS Group 218
Abstract

Miscellaneous autograph documents related to Saint-Domingue and Haiti at the end of the 18th century and beginning of the 19th century.

Dates: 1769-1802

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

T. Blake Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS Group 126
Abstract

Manuscript, news clippings, and other items compiled from 1775 to 1824 by T. Blake. The volume, a commonplace book entitled "Miscellanies," was formerly the property of the Earl of Powis, Powis Castle, Montgomery.

Dates: 1775-1824

West Indies Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS Group 012
Abstract

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

Dates: 1771-1829