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Joseph de CAMBIS (1748-1825) rear-admiral, took part in the American War of Independence and served in Saint-Domingue. L.A. (in draft, with 5 successive versions), [June 1795]; 3 pages in-4 plus one with the title of an Abrégé de la grammaire 1786. On the mutiny of the Jupiter in Saint-Domingue. [Cambis had led the first commissioners of the National Assembly to Saint-Domingue in 1791. After commanding several ships, he moved on to the Jupiter, where he stayed from March to August 1793, calming an insurrection among the crew that had begun with great violence. He came into conflict with the civil commissioners Sonthonax and Polverel, was dismissed by them in June 1793 and sent back to France; disembarking in Lorient in October, he was arrested and dismissed; released in October 1794, he was reinstated in his rank in September 1795].Here he finalizes a draft letter concerning the mutiny on the Jupiter, and intervenes on behalf of the crew. "The Cit. Cosmao, who, on the vessel the Jupiter, [while I was commanding the St Domingue station] has shown an enlightened, courageous and humane patriotism, warns me that by addressing a petition to you, she could determine on your part a favorable decision for the sailors whose subsequent good conduct makes them worthy of national indulgence for acts of insurrection already long past. I learn that for these acts on the vessel the Jupiter, they remain deprived, by decision of the representative J. St André [Jeanbon Saint André], of the pay and salary they would have earned during this campaign. Humanity alone would undoubtedly lead me to take this step of solicitation for citizens who, for the most part, have to support a family [...] I will not support my petition with any official paper, having been separated from my service papers for 20 months since my return to France. Incarcerated without having been heard in any way despite my continual complaints, I was not incarcerated before the 9th of Thermidor; if I am not incarcerated again today, I have reason to believe that national justice will do its duty"...)
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Joseph de CAMBIS (1748-1825) rear-admiral, took part in the American War of Independence and served in Saint-Domingue. L.A. (in draft, with 5 successive versions), [June 1795]; 3 pages in-4 plus one with the title of an Abrégé de la grammaire 1786. On the mutiny of the Jupiter in Saint-Domingue. [Cambis had led the first commissioners of the National Assembly to Saint-Domingue in 1791. After commanding several ships, he moved on to the Jupiter, where he stayed from March to August 1793, calming an insurrection among the crew that had begun with great violence. He came into conflict with the civil commissioners Sonthonax and Polverel, was dismissed by them in June 1793 and sent back to France; disembarking in Lorient in October, he was arrested and dismissed; released in October 1794, he was reinstated in his rank in September 1795].Here he finalizes a draft letter concerning the mutiny on the Jupiter, and intervenes on behalf of the crew. "The Cit. Cosmao, who, on the vessel the Jupiter, [while I was commanding the St Domingue station] has shown an enlightened, courageous and humane patriotism, warns me that by addressing a petition to you, she could determine on your part a favorable decision for the sailors whose subsequent good conduct makes them worthy of national indulgence for acts of insurrection already long past. I learn that for these acts on the vessel the Jupiter, they remain deprived, by decision of the representative J. St André [Jeanbon Saint André], of the pay and salary they would have earned during this campaign. Humanity alone would undoubtedly lead me to take this step of solicitation for citizens who, for the most part, have to support a family [...] I will not support my petition with any official paper, having been separated from my service papers for 20 months since my return to France. Incarcerated without having been heard in any way despite my continual complaints, I was not incarcerated before the 9th of Thermidor; if I am not incarcerated again today, I have reason to believe that national justice will do its duty"...)
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