Ferdinand-Mériadec, prince of ROHAN (1733-1913) cardinal, ar - Lot 620

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Ferdinand-Mériadec, prince of ROHAN (1733-1913) cardinal, ar - Lot 620
Ferdinand-Mériadec, prince of ROHAN (1733-1913) cardinal, archbishop of Bordeaux and then Cambrai, chaplain to the empress Joséphine. L.S., Paris October 6, 1810; 4 pages in-fol. On his properties in Saint-Domingue, which he wishes to sell. He cannot establish their value, "far from the places that were the bloody theater of the insurrection of this colony, and I cannot know exactly in what state the houses are now. He asks Auguste Roëhenstart to ascertain "the real value of my house, the state of the huts, the state of the cultivation, the number of negroes who work it, etc." He adds that it was the house of the owner of the house, the one of the owner of the house, the one of the owner of the house. He adds that it was that of the governor of the country... "I know that it joins to the merit of a delicious site that of being rich in high forest, in pieces of fresh water and of being bordered by the sea", and that this Montbazon dwelling can be bought by a Frenchman "because this district (the Boncassin) is occupied by men of color friends of France [...] I am only the uncontested owner for a third as heir of the late M. Prince Armand Constantin de Montbazon, former vice-admiral, governor of Saint-Domingue and last owner of the said dwelling"...
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