13.
Discours de Bertrand sur S
t. Domingue 19. Dec. 91.
BERTRAND
de MOLEVILLE, Antoine François, marquis de.
Discours de M. de Bertrand, Ministre de la Marine, à l’Assemblée Nationale, le 19 décembre 1791, sur l’état actuel de la colonie de Saint-Domingue. [A
Paris: de
l’Imprimerie Royale,
1791.]
8 leaves, caption title, printer’s imprint at the end.
Not in Quérard.
Sabin 5028.
Bissainthe 4744.
Antoine François, Marquis de Bertrand de Moleville, 1744-1818, French historian.
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14.
Reponse de l’Empereur de 21. Dec. 91.
LEOPOLD II.
Réponse de l’Empereur aux explications demandées par le Roi, au sujet de l’office du 21 décembre, & autres pièces relatives
au même objet.
[A
Paris: de
l’Imprimerie Royale,
1792.]
18 leaves including the last blank; caption title, printer’s imprint at the end.
Leopold II, 1747-1792, Roman emperor, was the brother of Marie-Antoinette, the queen of Louis XVI.
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15.
Lettre de Mirbeck à l’assemblée de S
t. Domingue.
MIRBECK,
Frederic Ignace de.
Lettre à l’Assemblée coloniale de la partie française de Saint-Domingue, par M. de Mirbeck, commissaire national civil délégué par le Roi aux îles françaises de l’Amérique sous le vent. Au Cap-Français, le 27 février
1792.
Au
Cap-Français, chez
Dufour de Rians, imprimeur des Commissaires nationaux-civils. [
1792.]
4 leaves, foremargins cut off, caption title, printer’s imprint at the end.
Not in Quérard.
Sabin 49420.
Bissainthe 6955.
Frederic Ignace de Mirbeck, 1732-1818, French avocat, was one of the Commissioners sent to St. Domingue in 1791.
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16.
Mountflorence’s lr
(
~e
) relative to La Fayette. M.S.
Copy of a Letter from an American officer in Paris to his friend in Virginia, brought by the Aimable Antoinette. Dated from
Paris, 11th Nov
br. 1792.
Manuscript written on both sides of 14 folio sheets of paper, folded.
Concerns Lafayette and the French revolution. The letter is not signed but according to Jefferson was by Mountflorence.
Major J. C. Mountflorence sent Jefferson the manuscript with a letter dated from Norfolk, February 1, 1793: “I have the Honor to transmit to you herewith the Manuscript relative to the Events of the French Revolution of last Year-- You will find, Sir, that I have been pretty circumstantial respecting what regards the unhappy Marquis De la Fayette: It was the Opinion of a Number of his friends in Paris that the United States of America would probably interfere in his Behalf, & that the Supreme Executive could demand him as a Citizen of those States which he has served with so much Honor & Zeal; they suggested that such Interference would meet with Success in consideration of the friendly terms subsisting between America & Prussia, and that at all Events should it not have the desired effect, it would evince to the World the Gratitude of the United States to their Meritorius Officer . . .” (Colonial Williamsburg)
Concerning Major Mountflorence Jefferson wrote to William Short from Philadelphia on November 16, 1791 (MHS):
The bearer hearof, Majr Mountflorence, proposing to visit France on his lawful affairs, I take the liberty of recommending him to your attention & good offices. he is a citizen of the state of North Carolina, and of the profession of the law there, and his merits in every respect will do justice to any civilities or services you can render him . . .
Major Mountflorence is mentioned in the President’s message to Congress, April 3, 1798, see no. 3210.
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17.
Vindication of the planters of Martinique & Guadeloupe.
A Vindication of the planters of Martinique & Guadaloupe against the charges made on them by their enemies. In a letter addressed
to His Excellency the Viscount d’Arot Governor of Guadaloupe.
mdccxciii
. [1793.]
5 leaves. Signed at the end: A Friend to Liberty.
Not in Halkett and Laing.
Sabin 99817.
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