Item Doc 168 - Autograph letter, signed, in French, from General Vincent [Louis Charles Marie, Baron de, b. 1793?] to Thomas Clarkson, from Paris

Acknowledges, on his return to Paris, Clarkson's of the 2nd September, thanks Clarkson for his renewed invitation, and expresses his regrets at not having been able to see him at his (Vincent's) last visit. He also regrets not having made the acquaintance of Benjamin Laroche, whose work he admires and considers worthy of writing a history of the Haitian revolution, for which Vincent has materials which he would be happy to make available to Laroche. Thanks Clarkson for the return of his little manuscript on the two black leaders of Haiti, which he does not think was approved by Fullerton senior and junior. They were at first zealous admirers of King Henry, who presented them with great commercial opportunities which have vanished with his death; Vincent regrets the change in opinion concerning the King he so much respected. He has learned with pleasure that the Queen and her children have retired to England, and asks Clarkson to relay his devotion to her should he correspond; he has already asked Fullerton junior to do so, and has confided to him a token of his remembrance to be resented to her. He has brought back from England information about the last revolution in Haiti, and the character of the King, not favourable to King Henry, which he will pass on when he finds the opportunity, and he asks Clarkson for any that he has. Clarkson has noted the main themes in pencil in the margins.