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Title: Certifficat de Monsieur Le Marquis De Vaudreuil Le 24. 8bre. 1720. (docket title)
Place of Origin: Martinique
Date: 1772-01-23
Series Heading: M210. Canada. Governor, 1703 (Vaudreuil).
Geography: Canada, Martinique
Subject: Military cadets -- Certification -- Martinique -- Early works to 1800, France -- Colonies -- Canada, Governors -- Canada -- Early works to 1800, France. Marine -- Officers -- Early works to 1800, Military education -- Martinique -- Early works to 1800, West Indies -- History
Notes: "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.

Title: Comparaison du Commerce de 1743 avec celuy de 1742. Fait aux Isles du Vent de l'Amerique.
Author: Champigny, Jacques-Charles Bochart, marquis de, 1673-1754
All Contributors: Champigny, Jacques-Charles Bochart, marquis de, 1673-1754 (Author), West Indies, French. Governor (1728-1744 : Bochart de Champigny) (Author)
Place of Origin: Saint-Pierre (Martinique)
Date: 1744-05-22
Series Heading: M87. Isles du Vent. Governor, 1728-1744 (Bochart de Champigny)
Geography: Canada, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Leeward Islands (West Indies), Martinique
Subject: West Indies, French -- Colonies -- Commerce -- France, France -- Commerce -- West Indies, Martinique -- Commerce -- Statistics, Guadeloupe -- Commerce -- Statistics, Grenada -- Commerce -- Statistics, Canada -- Commerce -- Statistics, Spain -- Commerce -- Statistics, West Indies -- History
Notes: 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.

Title: Estates in -Bequia. Vte. Lib. {-Dominica. -St. Johns Gulph of St. Lawrence (front cover label).
Date: 1769
Series Heading: M192. Young, Sir William, d. 1788.
Geography: Bequia Island (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines), Canada, Dominica
Subject: West Indies -- History, Real estate listings -- Bequia, Real estate listings -- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -- Early works to 1800, Sugar plantations, Real Property -- West Indies -- Early works to 1800
Notes: 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.

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.

Title: Voyage dans l'Amerique du Nord, Antilles, Mexique...
Series Heading: M590. Jardin, Edèlestan, fl. 1859-1861.
Geography: Canada, Martinique, Mexico, West Indies
Subject: Frigates -- France, France. Marine -- Officers -- Natural history collections, Voyages and travels -- North America -- History -- 19th century, Voyages and travels -- West Indies -- History -- 19th century, Voyages and travels -- Mexico, Voyages and travels -- United States, Voyages and travels -- Canada, Voyages and travels -- New Foundland, Voyages and travels -- Martinique, Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.), Drawings, West Indies -- History.
Notes: Voyage dans l'Amerique du nord, Antilles, Mexique, Etats unis, Canada et Terre Neuve 1859-1860-1861. ...The author, a French naval officer who became Inspector-General of the French Navy, published numerous articles on the natural history of many of the countries he visited (cf. Otto Lorenz, Manuel du libraire). This voyage in the frigate Cleopatre under the command of Vice-Admiral Ed. Penoud emphasizes the Mexican coast and Martinique., Original digital object name: bei-m590v1, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: bei-m590v2
Series Heading: M590. Jardin, Edèlestan, fl. 1859-1861.
Geography: Canada, Martinique, Mexico, West Indies
Notes: Original digital object name: bei-m590v2, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

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