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Ship(s): Marquis de Charlotais. Nationality: French. Port(s) of Departure: Cap Francais....
Catalogue reference: HCA 30/284
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- HCA 30/284
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1773-1792
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Ship(s): Marquis de Charlotais.
Nationality: French.
Port(s) of Departure: Cap Francais.
Destination(s): Nantes.
Type(s) of voyage: Caribbean.
Particulars: Captain de Foligny. Business and personal letters from St Domingue to France, c1778. With a collection of letters from M. Laborde in Paris, to M. Lavignolle, Regisseur d'habitation, 1773-1792, concerning Laborde's lands and business affairs in St Domingue.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- French
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- Open Document, Open Description
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High Court of Admiralty, and Supreme Court of Judicature: Admiralty Miscellanea
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