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'''Philippe Rose Roume de Saint-Laurent''' ''(Roume)'' - French Commissioner.  Arrived in [[Saint-Domingue]] on [[November 29]], [[1791]]. A native of Grenada, his previous post had been Tobago.  On arrival, (he?)  "announced to the Assembly (in [[Le Cap]]) that [the Commissioners] were expecting the imminent arrival of a large body of trained troops."  He knew full well this wasn't true, or wasn't likely.  ([[This Gilded African|Parkinson]], p. 60)  Roume returned to [[Saint-Domingue]] in [[1796]], along with [[Léger Félicité Sonthonax]] and [[Julien Raimond]].  ([[This Gilded African|Parkinson]], p. 103)
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'''Philippe Rose Roume de Saint-Laurent''' ''(Roume)'' arrived in [[Saint-Domingue]] on [[November 29]], [[1791]] as a French Commissioner with some experience A native of Grenada, his previous post had been Tobago.  On arrival, (he)  "announced to the Assembly (in [[Le Cap]]) that [the Commissioners] were expecting the imminent arrival of a large body of trained troops."  He knew full well this wasn't true, or wasn't likely.  ([[This Gilded African|Parkinson]], p. 60)  Roume returned to [[Saint-Domingue]] in [[1796]], along with [[Léger Félicité Sonthonax]] and [[Julien Raimond]].  ([[This Gilded African|Parkinson]], p. 103)
  
 
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Revision as of 12:14, 1 November 2004

Philippe Rose Roume de Saint-Laurent (Roume) arrived in Saint-Domingue on November 29, 1791 as a French Commissioner with some experience A native of Grenada, his previous post had been Tobago. On arrival, (he) "announced to the Assembly (in Le Cap) that [the Commissioners] were expecting the imminent arrival of a large body of trained troops." He knew full well this wasn't true, or wasn't likely. (Parkinson, p. 60) Roume returned to Saint-Domingue in 1796, along with Léger Félicité Sonthonax and Julien Raimond. (Parkinson, p. 103)

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