Collection, 1796-1888.

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Collection, 1796-1888.

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Haitian official letters and documents in French; correspondents include Toussaint L'Ouverture, Hippolyte St. Anthoine and Tobias Lear; includes print of Toussaint L'Ouverture.

1 box ; 39 x 26 x 6 cm.

Connecticut Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7451978

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Louverture, Toussaint, 1743-1803

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François-Dominique Toussaint Louverture, also known as Toussaint L'Ouverture or Toussaint Bréda, was a Haitian general and prominent leader of the Haitian Revolution. Louverture was born enslaved around 1743 on the plantation of Bréda on the northern coast of Saint-Domingue (now Haiti). His father, Gaou Guinou, was believed to be the son of a West African king, and his mother, Pauline, was Guinou’s second wife. Louverture was Catholic and appeared well-educated in his youth; his letters demonstr...

Haiti

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Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816

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Lear became George Washington's private secretary in 1785 and for seven years was a member of the official family at Mount Vernon. After his first wife's death he married Frances Bassett Washington, who was Martha Washington's niece and the widow of George Washington's nephew George Augustine Washington. He later married another niece of Martha's, and served in a number of consular positions. 1762, Sept. 19 ...