Cercle des Philadelphes du Cap François Collection 1784-1787

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Cercle des Philadelphes du Cap François Collection 1784-1787

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Founded in Cap François, Saint Domingue (now Haiti) in August 1785, the Cercle des Philadelphes was one of the most prestigious colonial learned societies of the Ancien Regime. During its brief seven year existence, the Cercle pursued an agenda of promoting improvements in agriculture, manufactures, the arts and sciences, published five volumes of memoirs, and established correspondence with their peers in the American Philosophical Society and other learned societies. Their foreign membership included both Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Rush. The Cercle des Philadelphes Collection is a small, but important assemblage of documents relating to French colonial science. Each of the documents is associated with Louis Narcisse Baudry de Lozières, the first president of the Cercle, including three certificates appointing him to office, and two important addresses. The first of these appears to be his opening remarks to the Cercle at its first public meeting on Aug. 15, 1784. The second is an early, but undated document outlining the organization of the Cercle and its aims.

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Baudry des Lozières, Louis Narcisse, 1761-1841

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French soldier, advocate, and author, of Paris, France. From the description of Papers, 1770-1876; (bulk 1770-1825). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19242065 ...

Cercle des Philadelphes du Cap François

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In the 1780s, Cap François was one of the most cosmopolitan cities in the western hemisphere, the cultural capital of Saint Domingue (now Haiti). Blessed with a favorable climate and fueled by the extensive exploitation of slave labor, Saint Domingue emerged as the most profitable of all New World colonies during the last half of the eighteenth century, and during the summer 1784, a group of white residents of Cap François conceived of a plan to elevate the intellectual culture of t...

Arthaud, Charles

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