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Title: St. Martin, 13 April 1801. ALS to Mme. Noux
Place of Origin: Saint Martin
Date: 1801-04-13
Series Heading: M406. Guadeloupe correspondence, 1801-1802.
Geography: Guadeloupe, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Kitts, Saint Martin (West Indies)
Subject: Colonists -- Saint-Barthe´lemy -- Correspondence, West Indies, French -- History -- 19th century, West Indies -- History
Notes: Ma chere Dame Je comptois rependre plustot à la lettre que vous m'aves faite l'amitié de mècrire... signed "Mary Gumby.", Original digital object name: bei-m406f, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Stokell, Robert, fl. 1759. Antigua, 26 Feb...
Author: Stokell, Robert, d. 1764
All Contributors: Stokell, Robert, d. 1764 (Author), Davenport & Wentworth (Firm), ca. 1757-1766 (Addressee)
Place of Origin: Antigua
Date: 1759-02-26
Series Heading: M136. Baker, William, fl. 1759.
Geography: Antigua, Barbados, Guadeloupe, Leeward Islands (West Indies), West Indies
Subject: Export marketing, Rum industry -- Early works to 1800, Rum -- Commerce, Sugar trade -- West Indies -- Early works to 1800, Drought -- West Indies -- History -- 18th century, West Indies -- Economic conditions -- 18th century, West Indies -- History, Antigua and Barbuda -- Early works to 18th century
Notes: Stokell, Robert, fl. 1759."Gentlemen I... find markets Low and Crops very Bad... from Barbados to all our Leeward Islands... for want of Rain the Planters which used to Make a hundred hogshead Sugar cant make above twenty... our forces has Taken Grandtear But his not got Profusion of Gordeloup..." signed "Robt Stokell"Brought a cargo of "Boards Planks Jayst and Staves", sugar and rum extremely expensive., Original digital object name: bei-m136c, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Sur l'exécution à la Martinique de l'ordre du 10. 8bre 1821 rélative aux traitement de la Gendarmerie. (docket title)
Place of Origin: Paris (France)
Date: 1822-02-13
Series Heading: M510. France. Ministère de la Marine et des Colonies. Bureau d'Administration.
Geography: Guadeloupe, Martinique
Subject: Slave insurrections -- Martinique -- History -- 19th century, Executions and executioners -- Martinique, France -- Colonies -- Administration -- History -- 19th century, West Indies -- History
Notes: France. Ministère de la Marine et des Colonies. Bureau du Personnel., Original digital object name: bei-m510b, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Sur les encouragemens à accorder dans la Colonie à la Culture du Coton. (docket title)
Place of Origin: Paris (France)
Date: 1822-02-8
Series Heading: M510. France. Ministère de la Marine et des Colonies. Bureau d'Administration.
Geography: Guadeloupe, Martinique
Subject: France. Ministe`re de la marine et des colonies. Bureau des finances et Approvisionnemens, Customs administration -- Law and legislation -- Guadeloupe -- History -- 19th century, Tariff on cotton -- Guadeloupe -- History -- 19th century, Customs privileges -- Guadeloupe, Tariff -- Law and legislation -- Guadeloupe, Business communication -- Martinique -- History -- 19th century, West Indies -- History
Notes: "...Le Comité consultatif de la Guadeloupe a demandé... que le Coton provenant de la Colonie fût affranchi du droit fixe de sortie...", Original digital object name: bei-m510a, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: This is a group of letters "mainly from French civilians... writing to...
Series Heading: M406. Guadeloupe correspondence, 1801-1802.
Geography: Guadeloupe, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Kitts, Saint Martin (West Indies)
Subject: Saint-Barthe´lemy -- History -- 19th century, Sweden -- Colonies -- Saint-Barthe´lemy, Colonists -- Saint-Barthe´lemy -- Correspondence, West Indies, French -- History -- 19th century, Letter carriers -- Guadeloupe -- History -- 19th century, Help-seeking behavior -- Saint-Barthe´lemy -- History -- 19th century, Anglo-French War, 1793-1802 -- Influence, France -- History -- Revolution,1789-1799 -- Influence, West Indies -- History
Notes: This is a group of letters "mainly from French civilians... writing to members of their families, to friends, or to business partners, in the dependent Swedish colony of St. Bartholomew... At this stage of a mainly naval war the English were gaining the advantage at sea and communication between the French islands was becoming difficult... [the letters] were going, by private arrangements, in American ships bound for New York and Philadelphia with sugar from the French islands. On arrival, letters were being transferred to outward-bound American merchantmen. The longer way round was the shortest way home... It is clear, from the dates on these letters, that nearly all were intercepted on their way to St. Bartholomew, at about the same time..." (Skrine)The letters are discussed, and some quoted in translation, by Walter Skrine in "Guadeloupe Correspondence 1800-1801," Philatelist, Dec. 1966, p. 66-69, 101-105., Original digital object name: bei-m406, This digital resource is provided by Burke Library, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Vaye, 14 Jan. 1800. ALS to Maisoncelle Vertille
Place of Origin: Vaye
Date: 1800-01-14
Series Heading: M406. Guadeloupe correspondence, 1801-1802.
Geography: Guadeloupe, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Kitts, Saint Martin (West Indies)
Subject: Basseterre (Saint Kitts and Nevis), Colonists -- Saint-Barthe´lemy -- Correspondence, Guadeloupe -- History -- 19th century, West Indies -- History
Notes: Mon cher frere depis deux ans, je nes pas eus de vos nouvelles, et Selon la lettre que vous mavée Écrite vous deviée quiter St Barthellemy, pour aler à la nouvelle angleter... signed "Vertille.", Original digital object name: bei-m406a, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Versailles, 11 March 1766. Printed form, blanks filled in ms.,...
Author: Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774
Addressee: Le Vassor de la Touche de Beauregard de Télincourt, Louis Constantin Joseph, 1736-1774
Place of Origin: Versailles (France)
Date: 1766-03-11
Series Heading: M178. France. Sovereign, 1715-1774 (Louis XV). 11 March 1766.
Geography: Guadeloupe, Martinique
Subject: France. Marine -- Officers -- Early works to 1800, Military orders -- Martinique, Military orders -- Guadeloupe, West Indies -- History
Notes: "De par le Roy Sa Majesté [ayant nommé le Sr. Beauregard de Telincourt Capitaine de fregate pour commander le flute la Coulisse..." signed "Loüis.", Original digital object name: bei-m178a, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Versailles, 18 April 1766. Ms., 1 p. 36 cm. Seal. Worming with loss...
Author: Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774
Addressee: Le Vassor de la Touche de Beauregard de Télincourt, Louis Constantin Joseph, 1736-1774
Place of Origin: Versailles (France)
Date: 1766-04-18
Series Heading: M178. France. Sovereign, 1715-1774 (Louis XV). 11 March 1766.
Geography: Guadeloupe, Martinique
Subject: Fort-de-France (Martinique), France. Marine -- Officers -- Early works to 1800, Military orders -- Martinique, Military orders -- Guadeloupe, West Indies -- History
Notes: "De par le Roy Sa Majesté ayant fait armer au port de Rochefort la Flûte la Coulisse pour porter à la Martinique et à la Guadeloupe des troupes... ordonne au Sr. de Beauregard Telincourt Capitaine de fregat... de faire route endroiture pour se rendre au fort Royal... avec le plus de celerité..." signed "Loüis.", Original digital object name: bei-m178b, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: West Indian Mems [i.e., memoirs]
Series Heading: M593a. Shand, Francis, fl. 1860.
Geography: Antigua, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Saint Thomas (United States Virgin Islands), Saint Vincent, Trinidad, West Indies
Subject: Voyages and travels, Great Britain. Army -- Officers -- Aides -- Diaries, Watercolor painting -- West Indies -- History -- 19th century, West Indies -- Social life and customs -- History -- 19th century, West Indies -- History
Notes: Original digital object name: bei-m593a, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: With papa's return envelope, addressed "A MonSieur zaCaro...
Series Heading: M406. Guadeloupe correspondence, 1801-1802.
Geography: Guadeloupe, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Kitts, Saint Martin (West Indies)
Subject: Father and child -- Correspondence -- Saint-Barthe´lemy, West Indies -- History
Notes: With papa's return envelope, addressed "A MonSieur zaCarÿ Gourdent a St Bartellemÿ.", Original digital object name: bei-m406kk, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: [Guadeloupe, May 1801]
Place of Origin: Guadeloupe
Date: 1801-05
Series Heading: M406. Guadeloupe correspondence, 1801-1802.
Geography: Guadeloupe, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Kitts, Saint Martin (West Indies)
Subject: Colonists -- Saint-Barthe´lemy -- Correspondence, West Indies, French -- History -- 19th century, West Indies -- History
Notes: Ma cher dame Je vous écrit une Trer petis Lettre ces pour vous donner de Mes nouvelle... signed "Anne Harding.", Original digital object name: bei-m406ee, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: bei-m404a-b
Place of Origin: London (England)
Date: 1800
Series Heading: M404.
Geography: Guadeloupe, Martinique
Subject: Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-1805 -- Portraits, West Indies -- History
Notes: Notice, sur les Moyens d'obtenir pour nos Colonies des plants vivans de Quinquina. ..."...Toutes les espèces de quinquina ne se sont trouvées jusqu'à présent que sur les montagnes du Pérou... Il est probable que les bonnes espèces de quinquina réussiront dans les montagnes de la Martinique, de la Guadeloupe et de Bourbon..." followed by detailed instructions for transporting live plants., Original digital object name: bei-m404a-b, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: bei-m445a
Place of Origin: Paris (France)
Date: 1807-02-07
Series Heading: M445. France. Ministère de la Marine et des Colonies. Bureau des finances and Approvisionnements.
Geography: Guadeloupe
Subject: France. Ministe`re de la marine et des colonies. Bureau des finances et Approvisionnements, France -- Colonies -- Appropriations and expenditures, Public Revenue, West Indies
Notes: "Je vous annonce avec plaisir, Messieurs, que Sa Majesté, voulant venir Extraordinairement au Secours de la Guadeloupe, vient d'ordonner qu'il sera mis à ma disposition une Somme..." signed "Denis", Original digital object name: bei-m445a, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: bei-m447
Place of Origin: Capisterre
Date: 1807-04-13
Series Heading: M447. France. Commissaire du gouvernement.
Geography: Guadeloupe
Subject: Le´gion d'honneur (France), Aime´e (Slave), Slaves -- Abuse of -- West Indies, French, Witch hunting, Witches -- Violence against -- Saint Kitts and Nevis, West Indies, French -- Trials, litigation, etc., Executions and executioners -- Saint Kitts and Nevis -- History -- 19th century
Notes: Signed, Le Commissaire du Gouvernement a Monsieur Le Général Ernouf. Grand officier de La Légion d'honneur."Monsieur Le Général J'ai L'honneur de vous rendre Compte que le 10 de ce mois, il a été Pris sur L'habitation de Mr Nau. une Négrisse nommée Aimée..." signed "P Bouscaron."Execution by burning with implications of witchcraft., Original digital object name: bei-m447, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

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