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Title
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Martinique, 22 Sept. 1748. ALS to Maurepas
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Author
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Caylus, Charles, chevalier de, 1698-1750
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Addressee
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Maurepas, Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, comte de, 1701-1781
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All Contributors
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Caylus, Charles, chevalier de, 1698-1750 (Author), Maurepas, Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, comte de, 1701-1781 (Addressee), Rauché, Jean Louis de, d. 1769 (Contributor), West Indies, French. Governor (1744-1750 : Caylus) (Author), France. Secrétariat d'État à la marine et aux colonies (Addressee)
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Place of Origin
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Martinique
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Date
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1748-09-22
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Series Heading
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M100. Caylus, Charles de Tubières de Pastel de Levoy de Grimoire, Marquis de, 1698-1750.
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Geography
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Martinique
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Subject
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Impostors and imposture -- Martinique -- Early works to 1800, Misconduct in office -- Martinique -- Early works to 1800, Employees -- Dismissal of -- Martinique -- Early works to 1800, Rauché, M. (fl. 1746), West Indies -- History
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Notes
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"Monseigneur Ma vüe c'est extremement affaiblie depuis que j'habite le tres vilain païs de la martinique, et je ne puis, qu'avec beaucoup de peine Lire, et encore moins ecrire, sans le secour des lunettes que jay prié Mr. des rivieres de maporter. ... Je vous avoüe dabord Monseigneur que je suis au desespoir d'avoir mérité de votre part des reproches, au Sujet de l'avanturier, qui a pris icy le nom du prince hereditaire de Modene... O Monseigneur Quel soleil que le soleil de la martinique..." signed "Le M. de Caylus. "Rauché had insisted that the "hereditary Prince of Modena" was not an impostor and Caylus had allowed him passage to France; Maurepas is displeased. Caylus says the island is divided as to the man's true identity; complains about Rauché, listing incidents in which the man has caused difficulty; for the sake of Pellerin, Maurepas' assistant as First Clerk of the Navy and Rauché's father-in-law, Caylus would like not to have to change affairs, but things are so bad that he asks for Rauché's recall, suggesting Lalane or Charron as replacement. 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-m100, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.
