"Philippe De Rigaud marquis de Vaudreuil commendeur de L'ordre Militaire de St. Louis gouverneur Et Lieutenant General en Canada Certiffions a tousquil apartiendra quele Sieur Desligneris fils a servi depuis Six ans en qualité de Cadet... Extrait et Collationné par les notaires Royaux En l'Isle martinique... [23 Jan. 1772]..." signed "Delabarthe" and "Brounarnios.", Original digital object name: bei-m210, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.
Comparaison du Commerce de 1743 avec celuy de 1742. Fait aux Isles du Vent de l'Amerique. ... "Fait a la Directoir Général du Domaine des Isles du Vent, a St. Pierre de la Martinique le 22 May 1744. Vu signé Rose et Aveane" Compares the commerce of Martinique, Guadeloupe, and Grenada with France, Canada, and the "Coste d'Espagne" in 1742 and 1743., Original digital object name: bei-m087, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.
Estates in -Bequia. Vte. Lib. {-Dominica. -St. Johns Gulph of St. Lawrence (front cover label)."Island of Bequia Memoranda relative to Estates therein of Sr. Wm. Young Bart.-" "A Sugar Plantation in Bequia was purchased in 1765 -- 6. -- of original French settlers..." (through May 1786, begins 1st leaf recto), "Estates in Dominica and In St. Johns Island.-" "In Dominica A woodland Estate, Situate in the Parish of St. David..." (from about 1769-1787, last leaf verso, reversed)., Original digital object name: bei-m192, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.
Description
The Beinecke Collection is the pièce de résistance of the Hamilton College Library collections. It is the preeminent collection of materials on the Lesser Antilles, largely from the 16th-19th centuries. This online collection includes more than 18,000 pages of rare original plantation reports, correspondence, oil paintings and watercolors. This collection was originally developed by Walter Beinecke, Jr., and donated to the Hamilton College Library.