GUADELOUPE. - MOUTON (Louis-Barthélemy-Martin). Autograph ma - Lot 15

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GUADELOUPE. - MOUTON (Louis-Barthélemy-Martin). Autograph ma - Lot 15
GUADELOUPE. - MOUTON (Louis-Barthélemy-Martin). Autograph manuscript signed (signature on one of the last leaves), entitled "Journal d'affaires particul[ières]". Marseille, 1819-1823 and 1831. Approx. 90 pp. in a paperback notebook in green paper covers. REGISTER OF LETTERS AND DOCUMENTS WRITTEN OR RECEIVED BY LIEUTENANT-COLONEL MOUTON. Having served in the army since 1795, he became aide-de-camp on General Jean Ernouf's staff in Guadeloupe, and was promoted to battalion commander in 1810, shortly before being taken prisoner of war by the English. Returning to France in 1819, he was again posted to Guadeloupe as a member of Admiral Jean-Julien Angot Des Rotours' staff. He remained there from 1826 to 1829, before returning permanently to France. The letters and documents recorded here are of two kinds: some concern his military situation, in particular his requests to the ministries for postings, first to Marseille and then to the West Indies, with summaries of his service record. The others, which are more numerous, are of a private nature, generally accounting records, and notably concern TRADE IN GOODS BETWEEN METROPOLE AND THE ANTILLES (where his wife and daughter Ambroisine were still living): he mentions the nature of the goods received in Marseille (RHUM, SUGAR, TAFIA, etc.) or shipped to the Antilles (mainly wine), the names of the boats used, and also the people to whom several of the colonial goods were resold in France, along with their prices. It should be noted that Louis-Barthélemy-Martin Mouton mentions Colonel Aimé MADIER DE LA MARTINE, who commanded the SAINTES (archipelago south of Guadeloupe), had to surrender to the English in 1809, but retained properties on the island. From 1823 to 1825, another hand, probably that of his daughter Ambroisine in France, collected accounting notes in the present manuscript.
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