[Donatien de ROCHAMBEAU (1755-1813) general]. 9 letters to him, mostly L.A.S., 1801-1803; 25pages in-4, 2 addresses. Personal correspondence of General de Rochambeau, before his departure for Saint-Domingue and after his arrival in the colony.Son of Marshal de Rochambeau, the victor of Yorktown, Donatien had served in the American Revolutionary War. At the end of 1801, he was appointed second-in-command to General Leclerc for the Saint-Domingue expedition. After Leclerc's death from yellow fever in November 1802, Rochambeau became captain-general of the colony. Defeated by Dessalines' troops on November 18, 1803, he left Saint-Domingue and was taken prisoner by the British. The letters concern a variety of subjects: delivery of embroidered handkerchiefs ordered in Italy, recommendations for an interpreter traveling to the Cape, mass celebrated at Les Vérettes near Saint-Marc, complaint from a landowner, dispatch of Guyton de Morveau's work on how to disinfect the air during epidemics, mistrust of a secretary who seems to have sided with the rebels, recommendations for a Creole woman from Artibonite who is due to visit the colony, dispute over an alleged Moyse estate, a friend's visit to Vendôme at his father's house, and so on. The period covered by this correspondence extends from 20 Vendémiaire X (October 12, 1801) to 6 Germinal XI (March 27, 1803). Here are a few extracts. Antoine Adamini, merchant in Genoa: "You must go to St Domingue. If you knew of any merchants there who would load goods for Genoa, you would be very obliged to me to send them to my house"... Mme Tully: "I am sending you a letter from Mad. Bonaparte for General Leclerc as we agreed to have Tilden have the position of interpreter at the Cape"... Vidaud (parish priest in Saint-Domingue): "I went to Les Vérettes last Saturday and I officiated there yesterday, Sunday, I had few farmers at my mass, in spite of this I preached to them and they all promised me to bring back their comrades as far as they could; from what several told me, it seems that very few risk passing over to our side"... Castellane de Berghes, landowner: "Since the return of order and justice, it is this hope that has determined me to make this great journey. I have come to claim the surrender of my dwelling on the plain of Limonade"... Bernard Martin des Pallières, colonist in Saint-Domingue and member of the Corps législatif: "Madame de Frédilly, who will present you with this letter, is an Artibonite Creole raised in France. She once enjoyed a brilliant existence, her position is changed like ours, despite this she would not have needed to go to St Domingue without the desire she has to see her brother again"... Charles René Magon de Médine: "I went to Rochambeau where the duty of gratitude called me to speak of you with the marshal and Mesdames Rochambeau, the good you had said of me made me receive the welcome one would have given to a son"... Etc.Attached are 7 letters or documents relating to Rochambeau's captivity in Jamaica and England, 1803-1807, plus 16 pages of the general's reading notes, in English, during his captivity.