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Letter 3. [Letter translated, not original, in English, typed, in the Edward Ladd collection, Mobile, AL] [This letter is signed “Duault.” This is likely François Marie Guillaume Duault (1757- 1833), husband of Eugenie Marie Florian Jolly de Pontcadeuc, and the brother-in-law of Jean-Baptiste Florian Jolly de Pontcadeuc. Duault is apparently bemoaning the death and disarrangement of the affairs of the father of Jean-Baptiste, namely Joseph Marie Florian Jolly de Pontcadeuc, born 1731 and died 25 April 1803, especially the monies that came to Joseph through his wife, Francoise Anne Felecite le Bonhomme de Fontaine, 1746- 1778.] Paris, June 8, 1803 To M. Florian Care M.M. Lavillegille, Carson & Company Mincing Lane, London <strong>The</strong> embarrassment into which we are thrown, my dear Florian, by the inaccuracy of the accounts which were left by Monsieur Jolly, and the ignorance of the daughters of their own personal affairs, obliges us to have recourse to you to request some information. First, the oldest son, did he not receive the 10000 pounds mentioned in his marriage contract? Was not that sum given him as a dot [inheritance, dowry or gift in lieu of money left in a will] by his father? Must it be counted in the succession? Is it as a whole or in part to be deducted from those who follow in succession, La Fontaine and Le Gentil? Second, At the time it was talked of auctioning off Le Marais [Ed. :the principal family chateau] for the portion of the eldest son, Madame Duchatelier gave her brother a note for 15,000 [pounds?] which she had lent him. Was that sum part of her dot? Madame Duchartelier has always told me that her dot had been taken back by her father after the death of her husband. In that case, whence comes this 15,000? She desires, my friend, that you enter into the above matters in detail so as to enable her to rectify her ideas. For having signed always whatever her father presented without knowing why, she may be in error. Third, a sum of 80,000 [pounds?]of which 60,000 apportioned to the three children had been placed with Bonaban the 16 th of September 1791 and the reimbursement was made in April 1791 with the interest. We see by the account that Madame Vie. Duchartelier was to have received 8106 [pounds] 19 s[hillings] as well as that which she had returned to her in the succession of La Fontaine and Le Gentil, and that by paying the Soldier’s Pension of her father’s he accounted to her for 106 [pounds] 19 s[hillings], and gave her 8000 to for her interest of the 12,000 placed with Bonaban. In short, that she has not had the interest on more than 4000. But Madame Duchartelier, whether having forgotten or 80
ignorant of the renunciation which her father had gotten her to make, was greatly astonished today to have an account for that sum. I beg of you my friend to enlighten us on the above questions. I write in haste, and I finish in the same way in order to catch the courier. Love to all, Duault [P.S.] I enclose a note from the Librarian De Bray addressed to M. Vood. <strong>The</strong> house of Joseph Marie Jolly de Pontcadeuc, near St. Malo, Brittany, France 81
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Section 2: Letters from Other Famil
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France still correspond, keep track
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Published Writings of Jean Baptiste
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Estelle Sims Collection. This consi
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Note on Translation and Holdings Wo
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Note on Monetary Exchange Value In
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Letter 1. 2 [Letter translated, not
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the education, with the compensatio
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Letter 2. [Letter translated, not o
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In case you receive from Messrs. Fa
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Letter 5. Halifax [Nova Scotia], 4
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Joseph Marie Le Det de Segrais Pier
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sorrow, my tender friend, that I ca
Page 29 and 30: Letter 7. Philadelphia, October 30,
Page 31 and 32: We crossed the state of New Jersey
Page 33 and 34: Letter 8. [Lancaster, PA] November
Page 35 and 36: sobbing of the women _____ _______
Page 37 and 38: Letter 9. Pittsburg[h], Sunday, Nov
Page 39 and 40: years, one finds himself with a ret
Page 41 and 42: Mr. and Mrs. Linton, with all the r
Page 43 and 44: ecause the current was so rapid and
Page 45 and 46: Letter 11. Natchez, 4 January, 1809
Page 47 and 48: of 20 to 22 cents per pound, as it
Page 49 and 50: Letter 12. New Orleans, January 23,
Page 51 and 52: I have sent to Mrs. Kirkland letter
Page 53 and 54: will see all the country from there
Page 55 and 56: Letter 14. New Orleans, February 11
Page 57 and 58: Letter 15. New Orleans, February 12
Page 59 and 60: They think only of
Page 61 and 62: Letter 17. New Orleans, March 5, 18
Page 63 and 64: We have had news from England, of t
Page 65 and 66: [p 2] Madame Sain [Dai?] will entru
Page 67 and 68: Letter 19. Montesano [West Florida,
Page 69 and 70: Bring along also a few bushels of S
Page 71 and 72: Letter 20. Montesano [West Florida,
Page 73 and 74: ye-grass, clover, sainfoin, [Lucern
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Page 77 and 78: as much for the grandeur as for the
Page 79: Your affectionate uncle, Jolly Patr
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Page 85 and 86: Elizabeth Florian Talcott, later in
Page 87 and 88: Letter 5. [Letter from Marguerite M
Page 89 and 90: I have seen the Couissin girls, the
Page 91 and 92: I took [the girls?] to a grand ball
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Page 95 and 96: Your sisters had promised to reimbu
Page 97 and 98: Now I must scold you for not termin
Page 99 and 100: My dear Papa, My sisters have told
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Page 103 and 104: hair, which is almost all white. Yo
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Page 107 and 108: Letter 10. . [Undated letter from P
Page 109 and 110: Duault is the most perfect and fine
Page 111 and 112: sad, as did I, just a passerby on t
Page 113 and 114: almost all the summer in the countr
Page 115 and 116: Letter 12. [Letter from Pierre Rene
Page 117 and 118: Adieu dear Friend! I hope that at l
Page 119 and 120: Letter 14. [Letter in response from
Page 121 and 122: attachments which had been planned
Page 123 and 124: ealize only too well by what I have
Page 125 and 126: For two months, while I have been a
Page 127 and 128: I don’t have time on this occasio
Page 129 and 130: not complain of anything, but his t
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Letter 19. [Letter to Azelie Floria
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Letter 20. Emma’s Narrative Proba
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On Saturday the 21 st [unfortunatel
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I told him I was not afraid, but as
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The climate and th
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