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This piece contains two distinct types of material: Papers (1775-1793) apparently...
Catalogue reference: HCA 30/381
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This record is about the This piece contains two distinct types of material: Papers (1775-1793) apparently... dating from 1775-1793 in the series High Court of Admiralty, and Supreme Court of Judicature: Admiralty Miscellanea. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HCA 30/381
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1775-1793
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Description (What the record is about)
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This piece contains two distinct types of material:
- Papers (1775-1793) apparently belonging to Francois Lavignolle, an administrator on the Haitian plantations of Monsieur Laborde, a Parisian banker. The majority of this consists of documents relating to Laborde's plantations, such as statements of account, inventories of slaves belonging to Laborde and related correspondence, but also includes personal papers belonging to Lavignolle, such as a notebook of songs.
- General correspondence from St Domingue to France, dated 1793.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4249337/
Series information
HCA 30
High Court of Admiralty, and Supreme Court of Judicature: Admiralty Miscellanea
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