Jean-Jacques DESSALINES (1758?-1806) a black... - Lot 595 - Rossini

Lot 595
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Jean-Jacques DESSALINES (1758?-1806) a black... - Lot 595 - Rossini
Jean-Jacques DESSALINES (1758?-1806) a black slave, he became general and emperor of Haiti. L.S., Léogane 21 pluviose X (February 10, 1802), to Brigadier MAMSILLE, commander at L'Anse-à-veaux; 2 1/2 pages in-4, headed Dessalines, Major General, Commander-in-Chief of the Departments of the West, the South and Louverture, addressed with franking mark Service mre très pressé and handwritten countersignature Le Gal Dessalines. Very rare letter on the preparations to repel the attempt to reconquer the French colony. He gave orders to General LAPLUME to increase the 1st battalion of Mamsille from 300 to 600 men. "In case this order has not yet been transmitted to you, you will meet mine in execution, by starting to recruit in your commune, young men, strong and well-built, and armed them with the rifles that you have in your arsenal"... He gave orders to the commander DELPECHE concerning the subsistances. "That when your first battalion is formed, you will send another one to Commander Gracia, at the Petit Trou, which will make two battalions under the orders of this commander"... After further instructions, he ends with the exhortation: "Good health, courage, and above all do not let yourselves be deceived"... On the address sheet, he adds: "You will make the necessary searches to arrest, dead or alive, all the deserters of the Good Bardet, because they are the ones who took back the Republican Port".
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