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Title: Capt Benjn Buterfeld papers (docket title)
All Contributors: Heyningen, Albert van, fl. 1758-1778 (Contributor), Cadet, John, fl. 1758 (Contributor), Oyen, Olivier, fl. 1758-1785 (Contributor), Graaff, Simon de, fl. 1758 (Contributor), Cuvelje (Cuveillé), Cornelius, fl. 1758 (Contributor), Hunt, Thomas, fl. 1758 (Contributor)
Place of Origin: Philipsburg (Sint Maarten)
Date: 1758-8-31
Series Heading: M133. St. Martin. Governor and Council.
Geography: Saint Martin (West Indies)
Subject: Legal instruments -- Saint-Martin -- Early works to 1800, West Indies -- History
Notes: "Copy. Extract out the record of the Island of St. Martins. Simon de Graaff, Corneliuses Cuvelje, John Cadet and Olivier Oyen Against Benjamin Butterfield. -- ..." signed "A:v: Heyningend Sectry:"Phillipps Ms. 17094., Original digital object name: bei-m133, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Elizabeth Richardson to Samuel Martin and others } Release of Dower. (docket title inside text)
Date: 1792-09-03
Series Heading: M352. Richardson, Elizabeth, fl. 1792.
Geography: Antigua, Saint Martin (West Indies)
Subject: Claims against decedents' estates, Election (Wills) -- West Indies -- Saint Martin, Dower, Revocation -- West Indies -- Saint Martin -- Early works to 1800, Transfer (Law) -- West Indies -- Saint Martin -- Early works to 1800, Inheritance and succession, West Indies -- History
Notes: "In the West Indian Incumbered Estates Court <Antigua> Re Martin and others Exparte Ewing and others."Elizabeth Richardson of St. Martin, widow of John Richardson of Antigua and late of St. Martin, "Doctor of Physick deceased," releases her dower claims to Samuel Martin, Collector of Customs for the Port of Saint Johns, Antigua, and Thomas Jarvis and Daniel Hill of Antigua; signed by Elizabeth Richardson., Original digital object name: bei-m352, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Memoire du Roy pour Servir d'jnstruction au Sr. De Lacrois Intendant des Isles du Vent …
Author: Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774
Addressee: La Croix, César-Marie de, 1690-1747
All Contributors: Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774 (Author), La Croix, César-Marie de, 1690-1747 (Addressee), Maurepas, Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, comte de, 1701-1781 (Contributor), France. Secrétariat d'État à la marine et aux colonies (Contributor), France. Sovereign (1715-1774 : Louis XV) (Author)
Place of Origin: Versailles (France)
Date: 1737-12-23
Series Heading: M68. France. Ministère de la Marine et des Colonies
Geography: Canada, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Leeward Islands (West Indies), Marie-Galante (Guadeloupe), Martinique, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin (West Indies), Tobago (Trinidad and Tobago)
Subject: Trinidad and Tobago -- History -- 18th century, Fortification -- Trinidad and Tobago -- Early works to 1800, West Indies, French -- Colonies -- Commerce -- France, France -- Commerce -- West Indies, Taxation -- West Indies, French -- Early works to 1800, France -- Colonies -- Administration -- Early works to 1800, Fugitive slaves -- Trinidad and Tobago -- History -- 18th century, West Indies -- History
Notes: Memoire du Roy pour Servir d'jnstruction au Sr. De Lacroix Intendant des Isles du Vent. ..."...Sa Maté ayant fait choix du S. De Lacroix pour l'Intendance des Isles du vent, Elle a resolu de lui expliquer Ses jntentions Sur les principales parties de Son administration, pour le metre en etat de repondre a ce qu'Elle attend de Son Zele et de son aplication. "Cinq objets principaux doivent partager les Soins et l'attention du Sr. De Lacroix dans les Fonctions qui lui Sont confiées. La Religion, La Justice, La Police, La depense que Sa Maté. ordonne pour les Isles du Vent, et la perception des droits qui y sont établis. Mais avant que d'entrer dans le detail de ces differens objets, jl en a propos de lui rapeller une jdée generale des Isles du Vent qui sont sous la domination de Sa Maté." Sous le nom des Isles françoises du Vent sont comprises la Martinique, La Guadeloupe & Ses dependances, Marie Galande, St. Barthelemy, St. Martin, Ste. Zouzie[?] ou Ste. Lucie, La Grénade, et les Grenadins, Tabago, et Cayenne. ..."Signed "Louis"; countersigned "Phelypeaux." Specific instructions on troops; construction of fortifications including those at Guadeloupe and Grenada; taxes on sugar and coffee; administration of justice, hospitals, police, agriculture; full instructions on planting cacao, coffee, indigo, and cotton; development of the coasting trade with Canada and Louisiana; prevention of runaway slaves; good roads., Original digital object name: bei-m068, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

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