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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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