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General Pierre Quantin (1759-1824) Letter to General Jean-Louis Ferrand (1758-1808) Concerning the Saint-Domingue Expedition, 1802 May 26-27
Collection Overview
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Scope and Contents
Two-page letter from General Quantin at Fort Dauphin (Fort-Liberté), Haiti, to General Ferrand at Port-Margot, concerning French efforts to suppress the Haitian Revolution, specifically the Saint-Domingue expedition that was sent by Napoleon Bonaparte to restore French rule and slavery in the colony, which was in a state of insurgence by Toussaint Louverture's independence movement. The letter mentions the French Law of 20 May 1802 to reinstate slavery; the interception of supplies; Quantin's efforts to maintain control of Fort-Dauphin, which had recently been re-captured by French troops; the abandonment of two other forts by his colleagues; indigenous people who were deserting the island as refugees; and espionage and other efforts undertaken by his troops against the revolutionaries.
- Arrangement
Materials are grouped by accession.
Collection History
- Acquisition:
AM 2019-26
Purchased in October 2018 .
- Custodial History
Marked with the stamp and catalogue number of the Bibliotheca Lindesiana, a private library owned by the Lindsays of Balcarres, Scotland.
- Appraisal
No material was removed from the collection during 2017-2019 processing.
- Processing Information
This collection was processed by Dina Britain on August 20, 2007. Finding aid written by Traci Ballou-Broadnax on September 5, 2007.
Finding aid revised by Kelly Bolding in 2017 to improve description of enslaved people and separate materials that did not fit within the collection scope. Finding updated with new material by Kelly Bolding in February 2018, September 2018, October 2018, April 2019, June 2019, August 2019, September 2019, and January 2020.
Finding aid updated with new acquisition by Armando Suarez in January 2019.
No additions will be made to this collection. Accessions relating to this topic will be added to the General Manuscripts Miscellaneous Collection (C0140).
In 2024, Amy C. Vo rehoused oversized materials into more appropriate housing, and made accompanying description updates.
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
Open for research.
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- Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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- Credit this material:
General Pierre Quantin (1759-1824) Letter to General Jean-Louis Ferrand (1758-1808) Concerning the Saint-Domingue Expedition; Princeton University Library Collection on Slavery in the Americas, C1210, Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Location:
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Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (mss): Box 1
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- Separated Materials
During 2017 processing, materials that did not fit into the topical scope of slavery in the Americas were separated and placed into different collections. Simeon Johnson materials (AM 16859) were separated and made into a collection: Simeon Johnson Papers (C1589). Two Frederick Douglass letters (AM 12182), a William Ellery manuscript (AM 2013-59), and military correspondence regarding African American soldiers in Tennessee after the Civil War (AM 12182) were separated and placed into the General Manuscripts Miscellaneous Collection (C0140).
- Names:
- Clinton, Henry, Sir (1738?-1795)
Van Rensselaer, K. K. (Killian Killian) (1763-1845)