Michel Bégon papers, 1684-1685.
Material type:
Mixed materialsDescription: 4 itemsSubject(s): - Capuchins -- Haiti
- Carriages and carts
- Catholic Church -- Missions
- Catholic Church -- Missions -- Haiti
- Criminals -- Haiti
- Employees -- Haiti
- Fortification -- Martinique
- Hotelkeepers -- Haiti
- Missionaries -- Haiti
- Registers of births, etc. -- Haiti
- Slaves -- Haiti
- Sugar trade
- France -- Colonies -- America
- Haiti -- Church history
- Martinique -- Defenses
- Colonial administrators
Open to research.
Letter (1684 November 22) from Bégon to the Superior General of the Capuchin Missionaries in Saint-Domingue (Haiti), discussing death and illness among the missionaries, distribution and support of missionaries throughout the island, registration of baptisms, marriages, and deaths, and measures taken regarding innkeepers, public offenders, workers, and slaves; report (1685 March 22) by Bégon to the King of France concerning fortifications at Martinique; report (undated) by Bégon to the King of France relating to missionary activity and the sugar trade; and watercolor drawing (undated) of a cart for hauling small boats.
Eighteenth century manuscript copy. [S.l.].
French administrator in several colonial posts. Born 1638; died 1710.
Collection material in French.
Forms part of: Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection.
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