(HAITI) Moyse Hyacinthe Letter concerning the purchase of Sp

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(HAITI.) Moyse, Hyacinthe. Letter concerning the purchase of Spanish lands. Letter Signed "Moyse" as Division General to Citoyen [Julien] Raimond, general administrator. 3 manuscript pages, 9 x 7 1/2 inches, on one folding sheet of his own printed letterhead; mount remnant on final blank; small inked "Bibliotheca Lindesiana" stamp on first page. With typed transcript. Au Cap, 17 Thermidor l'an neuf [5 August 1801]

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Hyacinthe Moyse (1769-1801) was the nephew of Toussaint L'Ouverture and an important figure in the Haitian Revolution. He became a top general in his uncle's army, but led an unsuccessful rebellion in 1801 which ended in his execution, three months after this document.