Voyage en Amérique, de Monsieur J.P. Bechaud présentement Major du 66e régiment d'infrie. de ligne. Lequ'el est ecri [sic] par lui même et contient la relation de tous les evenemens qui lui sont arrivés, une notice sur chacune des évaculations de tous les points militaires de la colonie de St. Domingue et des remarques sur ce qu'il a observé d'interessant dans les moeurs, la culture, la surface, et le commerce de cette ile ainsi que des Etats Unis d'Amérique. Dedié à Madame sa mere a Belfort. Dept. du Haut Rhin.
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[4], 323, [10] p. ;|c28 cm. (fol.)
Ms. codex
Title from p. [1], 1st count
Page [1], 2nd count, contains a notice dated: Aux Sables d'Olonnes 11 9bre 1807 with printed portion reading: Bechaud, Major, au 66e régiment d'infanterie des lignes, commandant les 3e et 4e bataillons dudit régiment and continues in ms. hand: membre de la Légion d'honneur - commandant de Département et les côtes de la Vendée, followed by a further dedication to the author's mother
The author of this voyage, Jean-Pierre Bechaud, arrived in Saint-Domingue during the expedition commanded by Rochambeau after the death of General Leclerc. The voyage covers the evacuation of the French forces from the island in 1803, and his travels through Cuba and Charlestown, South Carolina before his return to France in 1804
Following the manuscript of the voyage, there is a table of contents for each section on p. [3-9], 3rd count
John Carter Brown Library copy bound in contemporary full calf binding; housed in a slipcase within an imitation treed calf ornamental phase box
John Carter Brown Library copy acquired with the assistance of the Sophia Augusta Brown Fund
Title from p. [1], 1st count
Page [1], 2nd count, contains a notice dated: Aux Sables d'Olonnes 11 9bre 1807 with printed portion reading: Bechaud, Major, au 66e régiment d'infanterie des lignes, commandant les 3e et 4e bataillons dudit régiment and continues in ms. hand: membre de la Légion d'honneur - commandant de Département et les côtes de la Vendée, followed by a further dedication to the author's mother
The author of this voyage, Jean-Pierre Bechaud, arrived in Saint-Domingue during the expedition commanded by Rochambeau after the death of General Leclerc. The voyage covers the evacuation of the French forces from the island in 1803, and his travels through Cuba and Charlestown, South Carolina before his return to France in 1804
Following the manuscript of the voyage, there is a table of contents for each section on p. [3-9], 3rd count
John Carter Brown Library copy bound in contemporary full calf binding; housed in a slipcase within an imitation treed calf ornamental phase box
John Carter Brown Library copy acquired with the assistance of the Sophia Augusta Brown Fund
Notes
Unusual page sequencing: double pages marked as 16, 172 & 299. Pages change from odd to even on left and right. Digitally numbered as found in manuscript. Contains some tight margins.
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