A
MEMOIR
OF
TRANSACTIONS
THAT TOOK PLACE IN
ST. DOMINGO,
IN THE SPRING OF 1799;

AFFORDING AN IDEA OF THE

PRESENT STATE OF THAT COUNTRY

THE REAL CHARACTER OF ITS BLACK GOVERNOR,

Toussaint L’ouverture,

AND THE

SAFETY OF OUR WEST-INDIA ISLANDS

FROM ATTACK OR REVOLT;

INCLUDING

THE RESCUE OF A BRITISH OFFICER

UNDER SENTENCE OF DEATH.

Inest sua Gratia parvis.

CAPTAIN RAINSFORD,

TWENTY-FOUR YEARS AN OFFICER IN HIS MAJESTY’S ARMY.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY R. B. SCOTT.

At his Office In St. Clement’s Lane, Strand.

SOLD BY EDWARD LAWRENCE, IN THE STRAND,

NEARLY OPPOSITE BEAUFORT BUILDINGS.

1802.

AMEMOIROFTRANSACTIONSTHAT TOOK PLACE INST. DOMINGO,IN THE SPRING OF 1799;