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Title: Chassériau, Benoit, fl. 1790-1830? Carthagena, 19 June 1824
Place of Origin: Carthagena
Date: 1824-06-19
Series Heading: M531. Samouel, C., fl. 1823-1824.
Geography: Mexico
Subject: Diplomats -- France -- Correspondence, Spies -- France -- Correspondence, Newly independent states -- Columbia -- History -- 19th century, Carthagena (Colombia) -- History, Colombia -- History -- War of Independence, 1810-1822 -- Influence, Diplomacy, Frustration, Flora (Ship), Ship captains, West Indies -- History
Notes: Chassériau, Benoit, fl. 1790-1830?"Monsieur le Capitaine de Vaisseau Mallet, Commandant la frégate la Flore etc. Monsieur le Commandant, L'obstination que l'on met dans ce pays <ainsi que vous n'aurez pas manqué de la remarquer vous mîme> à repousser tout ce que l'on pourrait dire tendant à prouver que la France n'entretient... que des vues amicales... me démontre complètement l'inutilité de mon voyage... je me décide à retourner..., vous priant... de vouloir bien me recevoir à bord..." initialled "B. Ch.", Original digital object name: bei-m531c, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Fort Royal, 21 Feb. 1824. ALS to Donzelot, " La Mission...
Place of Origin: Fort-de-France (Martinique)
Date: 1824-02-21
Series Heading: M529. Chassériau, Benoit, fl. 1790-1830?
Geography: Columbia, Martinique
Subject: Prime ministers -- France -- History -- 19th century -- Correspondence, Governors -- Martinique -- Correspondence, Generals -- Martinique -- History -- 19th century -- Correspondence, Carthagena (Colombia) -- History, Colombia -- History -- War of Independence, 1810-1822 -- Influence, South America -- Commerce -- West Indies -- History -- 19th century, West Indies -- Commerce -- South America -- History -- 19th century, France -- Foreign relations -- Columbia, Columbia -- Foreign relations -- France, West Indies -- History
Notes: "La Mission renferme deux points... de s'assurer des dispositions du Gouvernement de Colombia... avec L'Espagne par La Médiation de La France, et le Second de formenter des relations Commerciales entre ce nouvel Etat, la France et Ses Colonies des Antilles principalement la Martinique... Je crois qu'il faudrait débuter par Cartagène, seul point de... pénétrer à Santa fé de Bogota, où cet objet principal peut ître uniquement traité... Je ne pourrais plus me presenter à Colombia comme naturaliste où voyageur, il m'a fallu un titre que je puisse produire au besoin, et qui me laissât la faculté d'y faire tout le bien désirable..." signed "Bt. Chasseriau.", Original digital object name: bei-m529a, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Mallet, fl. 1824, captain. Carthagena, 19 June 1824
Place of Origin: Carthagena
Date: 1824-06-19
Series Heading: M531. Samouel, C., fl. 1823-1824.
Geography: Mexico
Subject: Diplomats -- France -- Correspondence, Ship captains -- France -- Correspondence, Admonition, Evacuation of civilians -- Columbia -- Carthagena -- History -- 19th century, Newly independent states -- Columbia -- History -- 19th century, Carthagena (Colombia) -- History, Colombia -- History -- War of Independence, 1810-1822 -- Influence, Diplomacy, Frustration, West Indies -- History
Notes: Mallet, fl. 1824, captain."Monsieur, Je vois... que vous désirez retourner... Salut-amical Signé Mallet..." initialled "Bt. Ch." Advises Chasseriau to remove himself promptly from Carthagena "vu l'état des choses.", Original digital object name: bei-m531d, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: On board HMS Gloucester, Port Royal, Jamaica, 10 June 1823
Place of Origin: On board HMS Gloucester, Port Royal, Jamaica
Date: 1823-06-10
Series Heading: M521. Owen, Sir Edward Campbell Rich, 1771-1849.
Geography: Barbados, Columbia, Cuba, Great Britain, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico
Subject: Melville, Robert Saunders Dundas, Viscount, 1771-1851 -- Correspondence, Intelligence officers -- Great Britain -- Correspondence, Ship captains -- Jamaica -- Port Royal -- Correspondence, Carthagena (Colombia) -- History, Colombia -- History -- War of Independence, 1810-1822 -- Influence, Carnation (Ship), Battle casualities -- Columbia -- Carthagena -- History -- 19th century, West Indies -- History
Notes: "My Lord The return of Sir Charles Rowley will put your Lordship in possession of the several details from this station... there is one point on which I am very desirous to receive the Instructions... that of the Carnation being fired into at Carthagena, by which a Boy was Killed, and a Marine with two passengers badly wounded...", Original digital object name: bei-m521m, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

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