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51_Masson_SH| identifiant | 51_Masson_SH |
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| fait partie de | Masson |
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| est validé | oui |
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| date | 1819/03/21 00:00 |
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| titre | Lettre d'Hudson Lowe à Napoléon |
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| texte en markdown | <h1><span style="font-family:Chivo;font-size:60%;line-height:1;"><b>51_Masson_SH -</b> HUDSON LOWE À NAPOLÉON</span></h1>
<h2 data-kind="letter-context;" style="text-align: right; font-size: 1em; font-weight: normal">Plantation House, 21<sup>st</sup> March 1819</h2>
The governor has the honour to enclose for the information of Napoleon Bonaparte the annexed extracts of instructions (28th September 1818) he has received by the last vessel that arrived from England (30th November 1818).
Should Napoleon Bonaparte be pleased to signify his acquiescence to the propositions they contain, the governor will immediately act upon them. He has the honour in the meantime to make known that the only parts of the Island of St Helena, against which any exception, will prevail to his proceeding, unaccompanied by a British officer, if the arrangements that are proposed are acquiesced in, will be, generally, as follows:
"Jamestown and Valley with the road leading to it from the point where it branches off to the westward below the Alarm House, the extension of the present limits to the northward and eastward as far as Mason's Stock House, until where the road branches off towards Taglate. The extension of the road by Taglate & Rock Rose Hill round Diana's peak, above Sandy Bay, to Stitch's Ridge and Bates's Branch, the road beyond High Peak to the westward, Horse Pasture, the descents towards the sea in general and any path leading to Telegraph Station Height or Battery overlooking them. The roads will serve generally as the boundary, but where these not extend, posts will be established to designate the extension line."
The governor, whilst awaiting the honour of being informed of such determination as it may please Napoleon Bonaparte to take on the proposals contained in the annexed enclosure, begs to express his perfect readiness and desire to afford any further explanation that may be required of him, regarding them.[^1]
[^1]: Expédition, Bibliothèque Thiers, fonds Masson, carton 8, fol. 226. |
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