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Documents attesting the death and burial of Simon Lelouable by the resident priest Joseph Nolanque Maynor. Two documents in Spanish, and an attested French translation of them.

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Papers related to the succession of Simon Lelouable following his death in 1763. Included is a bill of sale for a house sold by his son Joseph Louis Lelouable (b. 1722), dated 22 April 1768; an act of deposit of 2 bags of Lelouable's papers at the courts administration office by Viscount de la Belinaye, dated 25 February 1769; and a numbered inventory of the papers relating to 77 items left in the care of the négociant Dufresne Dupontbriant by Belinaye, dated 16 May 1769.

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Account statement of Viscount de la Belinaye's holdings under Dufresne Dupontbriant, dated 18 December 1770; and account statement of Viscount de la Belinaye's holdings under Menard du Boiscollin, dated 29 April 1775.

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Manuscript document giving the conditions under which Stanislas Foäche, an agent (négociant) in Cap-Français, Saint-Domingue, will take charge of Viscount de la Belinaye's holdings. Dated 6 May 1776 at Fougères, France. A notation on the front page in Belinaye's hand erroneously dates the document to 3 May 1775.

Scope and Contents Manuscript letter from Stanislas Foäche and Company at Cap-Français to Viscount de la Belinaye at Fougères, France. Foäche explains the variations in currency valuation due to the fluctuations in the market for sugar, cotton, indigo, and coffee. They have not succeeded in selling any of Belinaye's houses; only one person has looked and did not make an offer. He asks Belinaye's wishes on the matter and recommends changing his price if he wants to sell. He encloses an account statement for...

Scope and Contents Manuscript letter from Stanislas Foäche and Company at Cap-Français to Viscount de la Belinaye at Fougères, France. Foäche has received Belinaye's letter of 19 May (1776). He gives details on repairs needed for the houses Belinaye wants to sell and the difficulty of one tenant in paying his rent. Foäche details the best way for Belinaye to receive his payment in various forms (paper notes, foodstuffs) and the timing for getting the best rate. A note at the top in Belinaye's hand indicates...

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Manuscript signed statement of account from Stanislas Foäche and Company for Viscount de la Belinaye, dated 30 March 1777.

Scope and Contents Manuscript letters from Stanislas Foäche and Company at Cap-Français to Viscount de la Belinaye at Fougères, France. The letter of May 30 explains that they have been unable to find buyers for Belinaye's houses. One of the houses is in such bad repair that they despair of finding a renter at the price Belinaye wants. They detail the repairs needed and offer Belinaye three options for proceeding on the house. A note at the top in Belinaye's hand indicates that he responded on 22 July 1777....

Scope and Contents Manuscript letter from Stanislas Foäche and Company at Cap-Français to Viscount de la Belinaye at Fougères, France. They detail charges including a shipment of eight boucauds of coffee. They have secured a three-year lease from Zabeau and the rent is guaranteed by a négociant of the town. They explain that the promised rent of the tenant mentioned in their previous letter has not yet been paid and thus does not appear on the account. There are serious repairs that need to be done to the...

Scope and Contents Manuscript letters from Stanislas Foäche, Hellot and Company at Cap-Français to Viscount de la Belinaye at Fougères, France. The letter of 13 June indicates that they have received Belinaye's letter of 25 February. They give updates on the repairs to Zabeau's house, on renters in another of Belinaye's houses, and on their efforts to claim rent in arrears from a former tenant, in which they are hampered by ongoing preparations for war. They give details about the ways in which they can send...

Scope and Contents Manuscript letter from Stanislas Foäche and Company at Cap-Français to Viscount de la Belinaye. They have not yet been paid by the crown for having rented one of Belinaye's houses to a grenadier, nor for the repairs they were forced to make after he left in order to return it to a rentable state. They give news of a new tenant and a new three-year lease for the house. There has not yet been a judgment in his case against Cockburn and Marguerite Ensalle. They give updates on other houses and...

Scope and Contents Manuscript letters from Stanislas Foäche, Hellot and Company at Cap-Français to Viscount de la Belinaye at Fougères, France. The letter of 3 May indicates that they have received Belinaye's letter of 25 November and they discuss the means of sending Belinaye's payment to him following a faulty payment. They give several updates on rents and tenants, including the billeting of soldiers in his houses at their expense. They give updates on methods of payment to him, and also say that they have...

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Manuscript signed statement of account from Stanislas Foäche and Company for Viscount de la Belinaye, dated 31 December 1780.

Scope and Contents Partly printed document dated 15 May 1782, informing Belinaye that N. S. Hellot has retired and Stanislas Foäche, Hellot et Compagnie has been reincorporated as Stanislas Foäche, P. Morange et Compagnie. On the same folded sheet is a manuscript signed letter from Stanislas Foäche, P. Morange et Compagnie to Belinaye at his residence at Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France. They have received his letters of last 19 October and 22 November. The crown has lifted the requirement for billeting officers....

Scope and Contents Manuscript letter from Stanislas Foäche, P. Morange and Company at Cap-Français to Viscount de la Belinaye at Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France. They have been extremely busy since the beginning of the year and so were unable to send him his account update for the previous year; they enclose it here, prolonged to the date 14 May 1782, the last date of their previous company. The government has repaid some of the difference that had been lost in the billeting of officers. There is such a backlog...

Scope and Contents Two copies of a manuscript letter from Stanislas Foäche, P. Morange and Company at Cap-Français to Viscount de la Belinaye at Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France. They have received the two letters he wrote on 23 August and 22 December 1782 that did not arrive until 12 March. Foodstuffs will only sell at a loss in France so they will pay him in the King's paper money, which still has very good credit. They wish they could give him news of his case against the three tenants but the council is so...

Scope and Contents Two copies of a manuscript letter from Stanislas Foäche, P. Morange and Company at Cap-Français to Viscount de la Belinaye at Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France. They can finally give news of a judgment in the court cases; the gains from the one against Marguerite Ensalle, Cockburn, and Lamartre will be enough to cover what was ruled against him in the case with Zabeau, and the company will take care of it. They give details about the renewal of tenants' leases for three years and how they will...

Scope and Contents Two manuscript letters from Stanislas Foäche, P. Morange and Company at Cap-Français to Viscount de la Belinaye at Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France. The letter of 30 March gives details about the means of sending payments to France. A note at the top in Belinaye's hand indicates that he replied on 6 November 1784. The letter of 4 August indicates that they have received his letter from last May. All the costs of the court cases against Zabeau, Ensalle, and Cockburn have been reimbursed to him....

Scope and Contents Manuscript letters from Stanislas Foäche, P. Morange and Company at Cap-Français to Viscount de la Belinaye at Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France, with accompanying account statements. The letter of 12 January 1785 gives details on the repairs needed for two of Belinaye's houses as well as further details on the misunderstanding about lease terms with the tenant mentioned in their previous letter. They enclose an account statement dated 31 December 1784 and a note at the top of the letter in...

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Partly printed document dated 1 January 1787, informing Belinaye that Mr. Lefebvre has retired to France and the company has been reincorporated as Stanislas Foäche, P. Morange et Hardivillier. A note at the top in Belinaye's hand indicates that he replied on 5 May 1787.

Scope and Contents Manuscript letters from Stanislas Foäche, P. Morange and Hardivillier at Cap-Français to Viscount de la Belinaye at Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France. They detail the difficulties they encountered in attempting to send him payment as well as their difficulties in finding a tenant for one of his houses that is in bad repair. Two tenants are late on their rent but they are not surprised because the rarity of money is such that even the best tenants are overdue. A note at the top in Belinaye's hand...

Scope and Contents Manuscript letter from Stanislas Foäche, P. Morange and Hardivillier at Cap-Français to Viscount de la Belinaye at Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France, with integral address leaf. His nephews are returning to France and have agreed to carry back 500 gourdes piastres with them. A note at the top in Belinaye's hand indicates that he replied on 4 October 1788. Enclosed is a shipping receipt from one of the nephews. Also in this folder is a description of the rent situation and physical condition of...

Scope and Contents Manuscript letters from Stanislas Foäche, P. Morange and Hardivillier at Cap-Français to Viscount de la Belinaye at Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France. They have received his letters of last 2 November, 4 October, and 11 April. They detail the repairs necessary to sell one of his houses as he wishes. They go into detail about their services for Belinaye thus far in an apparent defense against complaints from Belinaye and his wife about their work. They enclose an account statement dated 31...

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Partly printed document dated 1 April 1792, announcing the merger of two companies into Monhaizon, Lelong, et Compagnie.

Scope and Contents Various letters, notes, and account statements relating to the holdings of Viscount de la Belinaye and his wife Louise Gravelle, Madame de la Belinaye in Cádiz and Saint-Malo. The items were bundled together but share the same docketing system as the papers elsewhere in this collection, suggesting that they may have been pulled from the main collection for a particular purpose. The sheet that carries the heading "Agenda for Madame de la Belinaye" at the top in Belinaye's hand was not...