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238 - SAINT DOMINGUE: A collection of 27 documents dating from 176…
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SAINT DOMINGUE: A collection of 27 documents dating from 1766 to 1811 and then 1840: A letter from a steward on his arrival in Bordeaux in 1766. A letter from a ship’s captain, Brest, 20 September 1790: “We arrived here in 36 days with the entire General Assembly of Saint-Domingue; I imagine you will learn the reason for their journey perhaps before receiving my letter; we have drawn up a report, and three thousand copies are being printed here”. *Journal de Paris* (14 issues between 8 January and 5 July 1792) reporting the bad news from Saint-Domingue: looting, murders, fires, hatred, horrors, massacres, etc. Act granting relief to the children of Saint-Domingue’s inhabitants residing in France, May 1792. Second Act to this effect in Brumaire, Year 3. Act relating to measures to aid the colony of Saint-Domingue, June 1792. Law of Nivôse, Year 3, applying the provisions relating to deported colonists to the inhabitants of Saint-Domingue who were resident in France prior to the unrest and whose properties had been devastated by the enemies of the Republic. Decree of the Executive Directory of Prairial, Year 5, ordering the termination of the posts of its three agents in Saint-Domingue. Law repealing that of Pluviôse, Year 4, relating to the dispatch of agents from the Executive Directory to Saint-Domingue. *Gazette Nationale* of Nivôse, Year 6, including the text of a letter from Toussaint Louverture. Notarial deed from Fort Liberté (Fort Dauphin) dated Vendémiaire, Year 10, concerning an estate. Letter on the Navy Commissioner’s letterhead certifying the arrival at the port of Nantes of a resident of Limonade, a brigade commander, his two sons, his wife, his daughter, his sister-in-law and his two servants, on a ship from Jamaica, Prairial, Year 12. Circular of 1811 concerning claims against the colonists of Saint-Domingue. Royal Order concerning the distribution of sums paid by the Government of Haiti under the terms of the Treaty of 12 February 1838, 26 May 1840.
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About the sale FREEMASONRY – HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS
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Auction time 07/23/2026 at 10:10 AM
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