United States & British Trade Agreements Concerning St. Domingo [Haiti]
Document 1799Relates that the British have determined to send a Colonel Maitland, the man who struck their existing agreement with Toussaint L'Overture of St. Domingo [Haiti], to America. There he will be able to express its details to the U.S. government at Philadelphia, so an arrangement between the U.S. and Great Britain concerning Haiti may be fully worked out. Addresses trade, via U.S. shipping, between St. Domingo, Great Britain and the U.S.
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Type
Contemporary Copy of Letter
Description
Relates that the British have determined to send a Colonel Maitland, the man who struck their existing agreement with Toussaint L'Overture of St. Domingo [Haiti], to America. There he will be able to express its details to the U.S. government at Philadelphia, so an arrangement between the U.S. and Great Britain concerning Haiti may be fully worked out. Addresses trade, via U.S. shipping, between St. Domingo, Great Britain and the U.S.
Date
01/16/1799
Author
Sent from
London
Repository
Collection
Document number
1799011690101
Page start
20
Note
Enclosed in McHenry to Adams, 04/08/1799.
Secretary of State is likely recipient
Notable persons
Rufus King
Toussant
Lord Grenville
Notable locations
London
Haiti
British
French
St. Domingo
Notable items
frigate