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Title
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Memoire sur l'Isle de Ste. Lucie... [Paris. March 1738?]
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All Contributors
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Maurepas, Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, comte de, 1701-1781 (Contributor), France. Secrétariat d'État à la marine et aux colonies (Contributor)
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Place of Origin
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Paris (France)
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Date
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1738-03
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Series Heading
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M70. France. Ministère de la Marine et des Colonies
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Geography
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Saint Lucia
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Subject
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Saint Lucia -- History -- Early works to 1800, France -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800, Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- France -- Early works to 1800, West Indies -- History
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Notes
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Mémoire sur l'Isle de Ste. Lucie. ...Prepared for the Comte de Maurepas, this discussion of rights to St. Lucia traces the history of French possession dating from 1635. In 1649 the Governor of Martinique bought the island from the Compagnie Française de l'Amérique. In 1718 the Regent ceded the island to the Maréchal d'Estrées. England has been evading a definite settlement of ownership: were they to gain possession of St. Lucia they might invade other French islands and gain a commercial advantage. It is thus important "d'en assurer une fois pour toutes la propriété à la France et d'écarter pour toujours la prétention des Anglais." Parke-Bernet Galleries, Historical French Documents of the Eighteenth Century... From the archives of Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux Comte de Maurepas, N. Y. 1962 (sale 2092, lot 7)., Original digital object name: bei-m070, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.
