DUPIN, J.-M. - Lot 75

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DUPIN, J.-M. - Lot 75
DUPIN, J.-M. [SAINT-DOMINGUE] - DUPIN, J.-M. Letter signed "JM Dupin", with autograph apostille signed "JMD", Cap Français, January 1 and 12, 1792. 2 pages in-4 on laid paper, addressed on verso with "BAYONNE COLONIE" postmark and remainder of red wax seal. Very interesting business correspondence sent from Cap Français, then the main economic center of Saint-Domingue, a few months before the colony's major revolutionary upheavals. The document deals with commercial and financial transactions between Dupin and his correspondent in France. It deals with bills of exchange, rents collected in colonial money, commercial speculation and marine insurance. The text mentions in particular: "the sum of fourteen hundred and thirty livres tournois". then a second sum of "two thousand seven hundred and fifty livres tournois". The correspondent then mentions his cash flow difficulties, unpaid rents and a speculative operation: "I have made a speculation in this". Particularly noteworthy is the mention of shipping coffee and sea freight: "on the ship l'aimable Catherine de Bordeaux". with loading indication: "40 quarters on board". The set offers a particularly vivid account of the trade routes between Saint-Domingue and France on the eve of the Haitian Revolution. The reverse side features a beautiful postmark: BAYONNE COLONIE a much sought-after item in colonial postal history. Satisfactory condition: folds from use, slight wear, small loss due to opening of letter, remainder of red wax. Item of great historical and economic interest.
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