Dumat, Père

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Component identifier:
Item 53-53a
Content Summary:

(i) Five letters and notes, 1863, including one of eleven pages, written between Dumat and Bridet, captain of the port of Bourbon, Réunion. These papers discuss the provenance of articles, such as cannon, salvaged from the Ile aux Sables, and voyages and shipwrecks in the area, especially ca 1818.

(ii) Draft unsigned letter in French 28 September 1849, prepared by Dumat, accompanied by an English version dated 26 October 1849 and signed by Dumat. The letters request the governor of Mauritius, Sir W. Anderson, to consider a plan outlined in the letters for supplying the Seychelles islands with Indian immigrant labour. Dumat was a landholder in the Seychelles.

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Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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