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France. Marine

 Organization

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Michel Bégon papers

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 1756
Abstract:

The collection contains correspondence, reports, journals, lists, pamphlets and broadsides, and other papers relating to Michel Bégon and French colonial administration in the Caribbean, French maritime commerce, foreign relations, domestic economic matters, and botany in the 17th century.

Dates: circa 1651-1718

John Holker papers

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 2092
Abstract:

The collection consists of correspondence, memoranda, accounts, and invoices relating to the activities of French diplomat and naval agent John Holker during the American Revolutionary War, as well as his private business ventures.

Dates: 1777-1821, undated

Louis-Marie de La Revellière-Lépeaux papers

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 549
Abstract: The collection consists of correspondence, writings, official reports, subject files, printed materials, and personal papers documenting the life and political career of La Revellière-Lépeaux, particularly during the period of the First Republic (1792-1804). The papers span the years 1789-1872, encompassing early publications by La Revellière-Lépeaux through correspondence of La Revellière-Lépeaux's family after his death.Series I, Correspondence, contains letters from other...
Dates: 1789-1872, bulk 1789-1815

Donatien Marie Joseph de Vimeur, vicomte de Rochambeau papers relating to the French West Indies

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 1576
Scope and Contents: The papers consist of 56 dossiers containing over 3600 documents relating to government of Martinique, Guadeloupe, and other French colonies in the West Indies, most dating from Rochambeau’s term as gouverneur général des Isles du Vent, 1792-1794. Also present are small amounts of papers created by earlier colonial administrators, 1762-1791, or relating to Rochambeau’s surrender to the British, parole, and return to Saint-Domingue, 1794-1802. Twenty-one maps, most in ink and watercolor,...
Dates: 1758-1802, bulk 1792-1794