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Physical description: Ms., 5 p. (21 paragraphs, with additions to last entry in a contemporary hand). 32.2 cm. Tied.
Item note: No dealer's note was found with this manuscript, and was not scanned. De la Croix is not mentioned in the manuscript.
Scavoir sil reste encore quelque chose a faire sur la vente del Isle Ste Croix faite aux Danois en Juin 1733. es si le commerce avec cette Isle est assy interdie que celui avec les Isles Angloises et hollandoises. ...Terms of the French sale of St. Croix to Denmark include details on receiving the sacrament at Easter; trade between Louisiana and Martinique; whether or not the Negroes belonging to a vessel's crew are part of the ship's fittings; disposition of Negro and mulatto children; and establishment of a hospital at Grenada. From the records of M. [César-Marie] de la Croix, Intendant des Isles du Vent under Louis XV, according to the dealer's note. On the acquisition of St. Croix see Westergaard, The Danish West Indies, N. Y. 1917, chapter X (pp. 199-212).
Original digital object name: bei-m055
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