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Peru A.D.S.: The Trial of Blas de Torres Altamirano

A 21-page document, written c1635, describing the Trial of Blas de Torres Altamirano, Magistrate of the Supreme Court of Lima (Peru) who had been accused of contravention of the Royal Decree keeping office holders in America from marrying themselves, their songs or daughters during the time they held their offices. This document is signed by Francisco Garcia Carillo Alderete, Attorney of the Criminal Court of Lima, which had been entrusted with this matter by Viceroy Luis Jerónimo de Cabrera, Count of Chinchon, who held this office in Peru from 1629-1639. This document bears no date but must have been written during this ten year period. It was during the time Count Chinchon was viceroy of Peru that quinine was first used by Europeans. It was first called Chinchona to honor the wife of Count Chinchon. This document is bound by means of 2 calf strings into a parchment document containing a Censo in favor of Alfonso Alvarez de Toledo for several houses in the Alcaizeria de Cuenca, which he gave to Elviro Gonzalez ("Censo" being an annual rent). This document was written in 1420. Old legal vellum documents as this one were often used in later centuries for binding purposes such as spine reinforcement-strips, inlay-papers or simply as wrappers as in the present case.

Haiti: Jean-Pierre Boyer and His Presidency - Original Manuscripts

"Group of 7 documents relating to Jean-Pierre Boyer and his Presidency. Vp, 1808-25.

Jean-Pierre Boyer was the longest-tenured Haitian Leader of his era, serving as president from 1818 to 1843. Under his rule, the competing northern and southern parts of Haiti were united, and Spanish Haiti (now the Dominican Republic) was annexed.

This lot includes: Receipt for the sale of a horse to General Bazelais, possibly signed by Boyer as a lieutenant colonel, 4 July 1808, and then signed over on verso by Bazelais to General Delva, 1809 Receipt signed by General Boyer to Madame Daran for a horse, 24 October 1811 Pair of documents regarding a requisition submitted by C. Babeuf, one endorsed with General Boyer's signature and the other by President Petion, 15 April 1815 Pair of documents signed by Joseph Latortue in the northern part of Haiti, the first as a baron while the north was still an independent kingdom, the second as administrator under Boyer's united Haiti, 26 April 1817 and 11 February 1823 Receipt on official letterhead signed by President Boyer, issued to General Benjamin Noel for a house purchased from the state, 16 July 1825." -Libreria de Antano, Buenos Ayres

Box 9: Manuscript ledger book recording trade with Haiti by new York and Boston merchants.

"[New York]: 1859-1863...The detailed ledger reflects the vibrant trade relations between Haiti and the United States, from just before and during the American Civil War. It records manifests of ships sailing between Haiti and the ports of New York and Boston. The dates, 1859-1863, were a time of political upheaval in Haiti as well as in the United States. General Fabre Geffrard, a mulatto general in the Haitian army and imagined Duke of Tabara, overthrew Emperor Faustin Soulouque after a failed invasion of the Dominican Republic. Gerrard became Haiti's President from 1859-1867. By 1859, Haiti's trade with the United States had languished by reason of tariffs imposed by Soulouque. Geffrard removed trade barriers and re-established favorable trade relations with the United States: the coffee trade between the nations increased by almost a million pounds in his first year. Other trade increased dramatically, spurred by the Civil War and the need for Haiti's agricultural products. This ledger demonstrated the booming trade. Each ledger page lists the name of a ship at the top; it is followed by dates, names of shippers, consignees, destination and dollar amounts. Some names and companies are: Cutts & Cooper [a Pennsylvania and Port au Prince mercantile firm]; J. Hearne & Co. [New York mercantile firm]; Delafield & Wilson, John B. Hepburn, Prosper Elie & Co., H. Becker & Co. [some over $25,000]; C. Legendre & Co., Blanchard Berlean & Co., Regner & Regner, P.J. The'boud, and many, many more. A partial listing of ships includes: Brig Isabella Beurman, Bark Arield, Bark Clara Windsor, Brig John Boynton, Schooner King Fisher, H.C. Brooks, Schooner Ida Mailler, Schooner Nanette, Brig. Col Penniman, Schooner California, Schooner Wren, Schooner Blanche, Schooner Dashaway, Schooner Alexander M. Schooner G.R.C., Schooner L.D. Wentwork, Bark Wilhelmine, Schooner Abbie Forest, Brig Conquest, Brig Baltimore, Brig Ocean Belle." -David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC

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