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Title
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Receuil Des Différentes Lettres and Papiers Rélatifs Au Gouvernement De Mr. Le Vte. De Damas A La Martinique Année 1790. (ms. title-page)
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Date
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1790-03-27
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Series Heading
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M335. Damas de Marillac, Claude Charles, vicomte de, 1731-1800.
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Geography
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Martinique
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Subject
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Governors -- Martinique -- Correspondence -- Early works to 1800, West Indies -- History
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Notes
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Receuil Des Différentes Lettres and Papiers Rélatifs Au Gouvernement De Mr. Le Vte. De Damas A La Martinique Année 1790. (ms. title-page)Collection of first drafts of all letters sent by Damas de Marillac.Begins (leaf 1): "Mre de la Municipalité de St pierre Du 17 mars 1790: ... Circulaire aux Commandants des paroisses Du 28 Mars..."Ends (leaf 58): "du Ministre No. 22. Colonies Mort de M le Vte. de Ponteves Suitte des Lettres au Ministre Du 26 Juillet 1790..."; ends on that leaf and is unfinished.Damas de Marillac, born Lyon, was named lieutenant to the governor-general of Martinique in 1782, became governor of the island himself in 1790, and was replaced the following year by De Béhague.Paper label on front cover reads "Documents sur la Martinique 1790.", Original digital object name: bei-m335, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.
