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Ship(s): Marquis de la Charlotais ; Prudent. Nationality: French. Port(s) of Departure:...
Catalogue reference: HCA 30/283
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HCA 30/283
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Date (When the record was created)
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1778-1779
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Description (What the record is about)
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Ship(s): Marquis de la Charlotais; Prudent.
Nationality: French.
Port(s) of Departure: Cap Francais.
Destination(s): Nantes.
Type(s) of voyage: Caribbean.
Particulars: Captains De Foligny (Charlotais) and Paillet (Prudent). One bundle of letters addressed to the Provincial and other senior members of the religious order of Charity in Paris, concerning staffing problems and incorrect behaviour at the Hospital of Charity on the island of St Domingue. Includes the death certificate of Pierre Le Roux, the hospital's surgeon, 18 August 1778.
One bundle of letters from St Domingue dated September 1778 addressed to government officials in Paris, including the Prince de Montbarey, minister for war.
The remainder of this piece consists of business and personal correspondence from St Domingue to France.
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This piece is included in the HCA Prize Papers sorting and cataloguing project, and is not available to order. Please ask a member of staff to contact the Prize Papers team to arrange access to it
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- The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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French
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Open Document, Open Description
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HCA 30
High Court of Admiralty, and Supreme Court of Judicature: Admiralty Miscellanea
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