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Auction: 16043 - Autographs, Historical Documents, Ephemera and Postal History
Lot: 149

(x) Documents
Haiti
Jean Peirre Boyer, President
1820 (11 April) a letter to John A. Lethbridge, secretary to Admiral Sir Home Popham on his personal, illustrated pictorial notepaper (8¾" x 12¾") and written in a secretarial hand with the flourishing signature of the President at foot. There is some usual folding and some very minor soiling. In a good state of preservation. Photo

Jean-Pierre Boyer (1776 – 1850) was one of the leaders of the Haitian Revolution, and President of Haiti from 1818 to 1843. He reunited the north and south of Haiti in 1820 and also occupied and took control of Santo Domingo, which brought all of Hispaniola under one government by 1822. Boyer managed to rule for the longest period of time of any of the revolutionary leaders of his generation.



Rear Admiral Sir Home Riggs Popham, KCB, KCH (1762 – 1820), was a Royal Navy commander who saw service against the French during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He is remembered for his scientific accomplishments, particularly the development of a signal code that was adopted by the Royal Navy in 1803. He served as Commander-in-Chief, Jamaica Station from 1817 to 1820

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