S. DOMINGUE SUCCESSION DE M. DE [?] PROCÉS DE M. LESCARMOTIES [manuscript title]

[Saint Domingue]

Published by [N.p., but likely Paris, 1744

6-173 leaves. Folio. Contemporary vellum, paper label on front cover, string ties. Rubbed, upper right corner of paper label chipped. Modern bookseller's label on front pastedown. Internally clean. Very good. An exhaustive manuscript volume of legal documents concerning the sale of a Saint Domingue sugar plantation by Pierre de Camper to Felix Lescarmoties. The plantation was sizable, at one point including sixty-seven slaves, and was worth between 25,000 and 30,000 livres a year. The selling price was 182,000 livres, but, as the lawsuit indicates, Lescarmoties only ever paid about half that amount. Apparently Lescarmoties was in Saint Domingue while De Camper was in Paris, a situation that made it difficult for the latter to collect the money owed him. The documents span a decade, from 1729 to 1744. Present here are testimonies, depositions, legal opinions, and much more, suggesting that the sale did not go through smoothly. Good evidence of private investment in the French West Indies. Seller Inventory # WRCAM34305

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Title: S. DOMINGUE SUCCESSION DE M. DE [?] PROCÉS ...
Publisher: [N.p., but likely Paris
Publication Date: 1744