Bifolium in 4to. 235x192 mm. Letter on 2 pages, 1 blank page, address on page 4. Text in French, cursive writing, black ink. Prephilatelic with red stamp. Red stamp 'F. Faye Paris' stamped on the address. Good condition.
Important source on the battle of Les Irois, an important episode of the Haitian revolution.
«…J'ai reçu hier une lettre du Port au Prince. Mr de Launay made me want to start a new plan to attack this villa. Petien était à la tete. Les Habitants de Jérémie étaient continuallement sous les armes et au bivouac. The Brigands avaient pris la Cap Tiburon mais les Blancs veined to reprendre l'Ance de Veau, où ils avaient massacré beaucoup de Blancs after 3 jours, et repoussé l'attaque des Irois. This letter is my place in Bordeaux.»
Subsequently, on 20-24 April, attacked again at Les Irois, the French republicans responded to the English with a new clash. Soon running out of ammunition, the Republicans decided to retreat strategically to Tiburon, leaving the country once again in the hands of the English.