Receipt issued by Gabriel Martin, at Rapide, to Jean Baptiste Bauvay

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Gabriel Martin received 200 piastres from Jean Baptiste Bauvay [or, Beauvais] as payment for a plantation he sold Bauvay. The property, situated on the right bank ascending Bayou de Rapide, was bounded by land of the late Mathieu Nugent and that of Jacques Minar, a free black.

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Receipt issued by Gabriel Martin, at Rapide, to Jean Baptiste Bauvay

Date Created

1798-11-26

Description

Gabriel Martin received 200 piastres from Jean Baptiste Bauvay [or, Beauvais] as payment for a plantation he sold Bauvay. The property, situated on the right bank ascending Bayou de Rapide, was bounded by land of the late Mathieu Nugent and that of Jacques Minar, a free black.

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Sale of property
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Document signed. Countersigned: César Archinard, witness. In French.

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Rosemonde E. & Emile Kuntz collection: Spanish colonial period, 1769-1803, Manuscripts Collection 600, La Research Collection

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