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Title: Letter to d'Herblay, Ste. Marie, 26 May 1665
Author: Boisseret, Jacques de, seigneur de Themericourt, 1641-1677
Addressee: Boisseret, Charles de, Marquis de Saint-Marie et d'Herblay, ca. 1635-1714
All Contributors: Boisseret, Jacques de, seigneur de Themericourt, 1641-1677 (Author), Boisseret, Charles de, Marquis de Saint-Marie et d'Herblay, ca. 1635-1714 (Addressee)
Place of Origin: Sainte-Marie (Guadeloupe)
Date: 1665-05-26
Series Heading: M8. Temericourt, Jacques Boisseret de, fl. 1665.
Geography: Guadeloupe, Marie-Galante (Guadeloupe), West Indies
Subject: Inheritance and succession -- Guadeloupe -- Early works to 1800, Guadeloupe -- Marie-Galante, Sugar trade, Consumer products, Scarcity, West Indies -- History, Guadeloupe -- History -- 17th century
Notes: First line: Celle cy est la troisiesme que Je me suis donné... [first line], "Celle cy est La troisiesme que Je me suis donné Lhonneur de vous escrire, Je vous ay appris mon heureuse arrivee Et Le depart de Monsieur de Tracy... Et mesme a dit que dans la consideration de monsieur de champigny Il ne les auroit pas fraictez dune si douce maniere... Jene scay pas comme Jen seray avec Monsieur Lintendant, Mais Il le veut porter de cet air la, Jay esté le voir deux fois pour conferer avec Luy de nos affaires sans quil moist rendu une visite, Et Javois retenu un bateau pour me porter a Marie galande, quil a envoié alieurs, Je croy que Je seray obbligé dy aller dans Le canot, Monsieur du Lion qui nous faict Lhonneur de nous aymer ma tesmoigné son ressentiment..." signed "De Temericourt.""...in 1649 Guadeloupe with its adjacent islets and Mariegalante passed into the hands of Charles Houël and his brother-in-law, Jean de Boisseret d'Herblay... Jacques Boisseret de Téméricourt was placed over Mariegalante, thanks to the influence of his mother, who received this right for him when she sold her interests to the company..." (Crouse, p. 12)Speaks of the sugar trade--of the difficulty of getting good supplies--of Mariegalante--of Messrs. de Champigny, de Coudray, and de Colbert., Original digital object name: bei-m008

Title: Martinique, 1 March 1741 Covering letter for the order to De La Neuville.Parke-Bernet Galleries, Historical French Documents of the Eighteenth Century …
Author: La Croix, César-Marie de, 1690-1747
Addressee: Maurepas, Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, comte de, 1701-1781
All Contributors: La Croix, César-Marie de, 1690-1747 (Author), Maurepas, Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, comte de, 1701-1781 (Addressee), Burin de la Neuville, Jacques, d. 1742 (Contributor), France. Secrétariat d'État à la marine et aux colonies (Addressee)
Place of Origin: Martinique
Date: 1741-03-01
Series Heading: M76. Martinique. Intendant, 1749 (César-Marie De La Croix)
Geography: Guadeloupe, Marie-Galante (Guadeloupe), Martinique
Subject: Communication in management -- Officials and employees -- Martinique -- Early works to 1800, Job stress -- Martinique -- Early works to 1800, West Indies -- History
Notes: Covering letter for the order to De La Neuville. 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-m076b, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Memoire de Mr. De La Croix Intendant des Isles du Vent de l'Amérique …
Author: La Croix, César-Marie de, 1690-1747
Addressee: Maurepas, Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, comte de, 1701-1781
All Contributors: La Croix, César-Marie de, 1690-1747 (Author), Maurepas, Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, comte de, 1701-1781 (Addressee), France. Secrétariat d'État à la marine et aux colonies (Addressee)
Place of Origin: Martinique
Date: 1741-02-25
Series Heading: M76. Martinique. Intendant, 1749 (César-Marie De La Croix)
Geography: Guadeloupe, Marie-Galante (Guadeloupe), Martinique
Subject: Misconduct in office -- Martinique -- Early works to 1800, West Indies -- History
Notes: Memoire de Mr. De La Croix Intendant des Isles du Vent de L'Amérique."...De tous les Intendans qui m'ont precedé, je ne pense pas qu'aucun ait eû une administration aussy épineuse que la mienne. J'ay trouvé en arrivant au mois de Mars 1738. la Caisse Sans argent..." La Croix defends himself to Maurepas: Lack of money and ammunition, damage by fire, and a smallpox epidemic have made for poor conditions in Martinique; there were hurricanes in Guadeloupe and Mariegalante in 1738 and 1740, a British invasion was feared, and because Irish oxen were no longer imported there was a general dearth of food. After retailing his handling of all these problems he also defends his wife who has been accused of conducting a lucrative business and of being stingy. Postscript, dated 11 March 1741, states that an extra-ordinary tax is being levied on all inhabitants., Original digital object name: bei-m076a, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Saintes, Guadeloupe, 15 May 1808. Printed form, blanks filled in ms...
Place of Origin: Saintes Islands (Guadeloupe)
Date: 1808-05-15
Series Heading: M453. Guadeloupe. Governor, 1803-1810 (Ernouf).
Geography: Guadeloupe, Marie-Galante (Guadeloupe), Saintes Islands (Guadeloupe)
Subject: Saintes Islands (Guadeloupe) -- History -- 19th century, West Indies, French, Naval deserters -- Guadeloupe, Intrepid (Sloop), West Indies -- History
Notes: "Mon General la Pirogue de Marie Galante est venue cette nuit comme je vous l'avois annoncé. ils ont amené deux Deserteurs anglais du vaisseau Lintrepide..." signed "Madier.", Original digital object name: bei-m453, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

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