SLAVERY - DU CHILLEAU D'AIRVAULT (Marie-Charles) and François BARBE DE MARBOIS. Printed document. [1788 or 1789]. In-folio on azure paper, letterhead "Saint-Domingue" with woodcut vignette of the coat of arms of France, areas of particular information left blank; edges a little creased with small splits. FRANKING PERMIT FORM. From 1785 to 1789, François Barbé de Marbois was Intendant of the Leeward Islands in the West Indies, including Saint-Domingue, and the Marquis Du Chilleau was its governor in 1788 and 1789.

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