BIB_ID
136317
Accession number
MA 489.77
Creator
Ludot, Antoine Baptiste Nicolas, 1761-1830.
Display Date
1803 July 31.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 32.4 cm
Notes
Endorsed on verso.
The letter is dated "au Cap, le 12 Thermidor an 11."
This item is part of a collection of letters and documents concerning the siege of Yorktown and the surrender of Cornwallis; see main record for MA 488-489 for more information.
With an autograph notation signed by Rochambeau on recto, probably addressed to the prefect, saying that Ludot can continue to live in the house until he leaves Saint-Domingue, at which time the house will be returned to Mlle Siguigne. and that future "grand juges" will live in the Hall of Justice. Rochambeau was Governor of Saint-Domingue from November 1802 - November 1803.
The letter is dated "au Cap, le 12 Thermidor an 11."
This item is part of a collection of letters and documents concerning the siege of Yorktown and the surrender of Cornwallis; see main record for MA 488-489 for more information.
With an autograph notation signed by Rochambeau on recto, probably addressed to the prefect, saying that Ludot can continue to live in the house until he leaves Saint-Domingue, at which time the house will be returned to Mlle Siguigne. and that future "grand juges" will live in the Hall of Justice. Rochambeau was Governor of Saint-Domingue from November 1802 - November 1803.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from New York dealer Joseph F. Sabin, 1907.
Summary
Responding to a letter from the prefect that conveyed the news that General Rochambeau had decided to return the house Ludot was currently living in to Mlle Siguigne, who had requested it back, and that Ludot was to live in the Hall of Justice building, where the former chef de la justice, Desperoux, had lived; explaining that he has been living in this house for seven months as part of a three-year lease concluded with Mlle Siguigne's authorized representative, Monsieur Chauveau; adding that Mlle Siguigne is not actively involved because she has either already received a lump sum as partial payment or is being reimbursed for part of the rent through certain repairs made to the house as a condition of the lease; adding further that Monsieur Desperoux actually lived in a private house during his time in Saint-Domingue and the Hall of Justice is currently housing the archives of the two courts of Cap Français, as well as serving as the home of four members of the judiciary, details he imagines were unknown to Rochambeau; saying that this matter will probably be resolved by the fact that he plans to return to France as soon as he can and, once he leaves, the general's intention can easily be fulfilled; requesting that, if things are to proceed otherwise, he be told the general's wishes, which he will obey immediately.
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