Copie de la lettre du citoyen Luc Yves associe  de Lubin, Fizel & cie de St. Marc
Contributors: Yves, Luc, creator; Andrault, addressee; Lubin, Fizel et cie
Published: 1798
Language: fre
Subjects: Fizel et cie Lubin; Relations; Sources; Early works to 1800; French Manuscripts; History
Description: Letter from the firm Colombel Ai ne , Besongnet et Barabe  to Andrault, which conveys a copy of a letter dated May 9, 1798, from Luc Yves, an associate of Lubin, Fizel et cie in Saint-Marc, Haiti, to Colombel Ai ne , Besongnet et Barabe . Yves discusses the defeat of British expeditionary forces in 1798 during the Haitian Revolution and assures his associates that his firm has not suffered any damage from the violence.
Notes: Manuscript.

Addressed on page 4: Au citoyen Andrault sur ses terres des Petits Bois pres Melle, departe. des Deux Sevres a Melle; stamped: Le-Havre.

Dated in accordance with the French Republican calendar: le 8. brumaire an 7e.

Bifolium.

Fonds Boivin-Colombel 49Z; Archives municipales du Havre; 55, rue du 329e, Le Havre; France.

Colombel Ai ne , Besongnet et Barabe  was created in 1788 in Le Havre, France, from the union of the firms Colombel fre  res and Barabe  et Besongnet fils and was associated with Lubin, Fizel et cie of Saint-Marc, Haiti, to supply arms for the Haitian slave trade.