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Letter from Toussaint Louverture to the French Minister of Marine and Colonies

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Title

Letter from Toussaint Louverture to the French Minister of Marine and Colonies

Collection

Kurt Fisher Haitian collection
Executive correspondence
TOUSSAINT LOUVERTURE, François Dominique

Names

Toussaint Louverture, 1743-1803 (Author)
Forfait, Pierre-Alexandre-Laurent, 1752-1807 (Addressee)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1801-07-13

Library Location

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
Shelf locator: Sc Micro R-2228

Subjects

Haiti

Genres

Correspondence

Languages

French

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11903984
Archives ID: 20798
Archives EAD ID: 1057777
NYPL Exhibition ID: TL 20.01.PROG13
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 6cb5add0-fabc-0138-6331-0242ac110003

Rights

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter from Toussaint Louverture to the French Minister of Marine and Colonies" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1801. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6cb5add0-fabc-0138-6331-0242ac110003

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. (1801). Letter from Toussaint Louverture to the French Minister of Marine and Colonies Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6cb5add0-fabc-0138-6331-0242ac110003

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter from Toussaint Louverture to the French Minister of Marine and Colonies" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 16, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6cb5add0-fabc-0138-6331-0242ac110003

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