[SAINT-DOMINGUE]. NOLIVOS, Pierre Gédéon de (1714-1794), sla - Lot 160

[SAINT-DOMINGUE]. NOLIVOS, Pierre Gédéon de (1714-1794), slave-owning planter, former governor of Guadeloupe (1765 to 1768), then of Saint-Domingue (1769 to 1772). He ended his life in Béarn. Very important archive relating to the administration of his Cul-de-Sac estate in Saint-Domingue, mainly addressed to Nolivos by M. de Vezins. Edifying testimony to slavery in Saint-Domingue. Around 80 documents: memoirs, letters and miscellaneous items. Some are annotated by Nolivos or drafts of his replies. Cul-de-Sac, Port au Prince, Pau, Paris, Sauveterre de Béarn, etc., 1787-1792. Approximately 425 pages in various formats, mostly in-folio and in-4. Paperback (with yellow, red, blue or cream silk lakes) or leaves. Of the tables, memoranda, correspondence, sugar invoices and stock administration, estate receivables and accounting, shipment of goods (sugar) by sea, etc., we will give only a glimpse, given the very large mass of information: -" Journal des travaux exécutés sur l'habitation de M. Le comte de Nolivos scise au Cul de Sac, du 1er octobre 1787". 8 pp. in-4. 1st Monday. Begin to prepare the two remaining divisions of room n°32 to plant in food and 15 negroes busy serving massous. Tuesday. Digging for quackgrass in said divisions. [Sunday, all negroes busy with their gardens. Monday, ditto and searched the sewage pits in the said room. [...] ". Long lists of expenses, suppliers, etc. follow. -Letter from Vezins to Nolivos. Cul de Sac, November 1, 1787. 13 pp. in-4. Mail classified by article. Item 7: "Mortalité d'un nègre. I have lost Léandre, whom I announced to you in my last letter of November 1, art 7. His leg was fractured on the 25th of the said month. He died of tetanus on the 14th. The help of humanity did not fail him. I can flatter myself that I took all possible care of him, but to no avail. The wound was too close to the foot joint [...]". State of the negroes. In general, all your negroes are doing well. The new Negroes are setting an example for the old ones by their accuracy. They are good subjects [...]". Vezins announces the need for a trip to France and will be replaced by his brother. Paillaison du sucre, intendance de divers lieux-dits, etc. Edifying. -" Compte que rend Henri René de Vezins de son administration de l'habitation en sucrerie située à l'acul espagnol [...] et celle en caffé appellée Chateauroux appartenant à M. le comte de Nolivos". This is followed by a table, printed and completed by hand, entitled "Naissances des Nègres depuis le - jusqu'au -" (Births of Negroes from - to -). Account of births and deaths of slaves, then births and deaths of animals [...]". Edifying. -Diary, January 1791. "1 Saturday, party for the negroes. 2 Sunday, all the negroes in their garden. 3 weeded and sawed ditches - 13 negroes in Chateauroux for three weeks [...]". The heading "Births during the month" bears the words "Mie Michel gave birth to a negritte Mie Charlotte. Mie Rose, idem of a negritte Mie Louise MLL