Document emancipating two people enslaved to Felicite Beauvais (Pelagie, aged about twenty-six, and her son Felix, aged about sixteen months), signed “Felicet” Beauvais. Attached is document attesting its validity, dated May 12, 1860. “Be it known that on this day, appeared in open court, Felix Valle and Bartholomew Durocher, who being duly sworn depose and say that they are subscribing witnesses to the deed of emancipation from Felicite Beauvais to Pelagie her slave, aged about 54 years, and also her son named Felix, aged about 30 years.” Part of letter missing. (2 items, attached), 1832 June 11

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Document emancipating two slaves of Felicite Beauvais: Pelagie, aged about twenty-six, and her son named Felix, aged about sixteen months, June 11, 1832

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The collection consists of correspondence, bills, receipts, accounts, and other documents of the related Amoureux, Bolduc, and Langlois families of Ste. Genevieve; surveys by Antoine Soulard of property of Francois Moreau and Pierre Delassus de Luzieres; letters of William G. Cox to his family regarding his service with the Exeter Union Guards during the Civil War (1860-1862); documents concerning the lead mining interests of Louis Bolduc; information pertaining to restoration of the Bolduc House in Ste. Genevieve in 1961; a copy of an inventory of the Bolduc House; and a transcript of an interview with Miss Zoe Bolduc, May 1956. This collection also includes a ledger of unidentified merchandise accounts from Ste. Genevieve, 1811-1814, with a 1932 guest register, possibly from the Bolduc House, at the center of the volume; and a daybook of the C.C. Bolduc general store in Ste. Genevieve, 1859-1862. The collection includes documents in French, some with translations.