RESOLUTION of the Conseil of Petit-Goave, which orders reimbursement of half the expenses incurred by the sieur le Jeune on his journey to the City of Saint-Domingue, to retrieve all the fugitive nègres

THE CONSEIL being assembled as usual, M. Duclos, President of the said Conseil, said that there was owing to the sieur le Jeune a sum of 22,850 [?] livres for the journey made by the sieur le Jeune to the City of Saint-Domingue in 1723, to recover and bring back the fugitive nègres from the dependency of this Colony who had withdrawn into the dependency of the lands subject to the obedience of His Catholic Majesty, according to the secret agreements and treaties made on this matter between M. the Marquis de Sorel, General, and de Montholon, Intendant of this Colony, with the Captain General and other Officers of His Catholic Majesty. He said that moreover, several sums were borrowed from the King’s treasury for this same expedition, for the execution of this treaty, which could not take place because of the revolt that broke out on this occasion in the said City of Saint-Domingue; and since these sums cannot be allowed in the account of the Treasurer of the Navy, and the sieur le Jeune asks to be paid the sums that were awarded to him for this purpose, by ordinance of Messrs.