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Year:: 1785
Contributor:: François de Neufchâteau, Nicolas Louis, 1750-1828; Seze, Raymond de, 1748-1828
Subject:: nwht--- > e-fr---; Work > Poetry; Work ethic > Poetry; Haiti > Climate > Poetry; Manuscripts > Haiti; Manuscripts > French; Haiti > Cap-Haïtien
Extent:: [4] p. ; 24 cm. (4to)

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Notes:: Ms. letter.; Title from caption.; Date of letter from date in caption title.; Signed in ms. hand on p. [4]: Francois de Neufchâteau.; Manuscript letter from Francois de Neufchâteau, procureur général au Conseil de Cap, to a Monsieur de Seze who is a magistrate in Bordeaux, discussing a Monsieur d'Iharce. Included is a poem on p. [2-3] about the virtues of work over leisure and the climate of his home, Saint-Domingue.; First four lines of manuscript poem begin: Mais on me gronde vainement, / De bon gré je me sacrifie / A mon unique amusement: / Le travail est mon élément.; Issue no. 11 (Sunday, Sept. 11, 1785) of the Journal de Guienne (printed in Bordeaux by J.B. Séjourné) is included with manuscript by François de Neufchâteau in which is printed the poem on p. [2-3] of the manuscript. The poem, plus prefatory material, is printed on p. [3-4], i.e. p. 43-44 of the serial issue. Also included is a disbound portrait of the author dated 1814.

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Journal de Guienne (Sunday, Sept. 11, 1785):

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"Au Cap le 28 juin 1785: Vous m'aves [sic] écrit, mon cher de Seze, une lettre bien courte, en m'adressant M. d'Iharce. C'est plutot l'épitre d'un ephore de Lacedémone, que la missive d'un jurat de Bordeaux. Pas un mot de vos travaux, de vos plaisirs, des succés [sic] de votre famille que je regarde comme la mienne. Pas un mot de M. le président Du Paty, dont je n'ai aucunes nouvelles! " (1785). John Carter Brown Library. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:13047/

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