Footnote 510: [(return)]
C.S.P. Colon., 1693-96, Nos. 1109, 1236 (i.).
Footnote 511: [(return)]
Ibid., Nos. 1074, 1083, 1106, 1109, 1114, 1121, 1131, 1194, 1236; Charlevoix, I. x. p. 256 ff.; Stowe MSS., 305 f., 205 b; Ducéré: Les corsaires sous l'ancien regime, p. 142.
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The number of white men on the island at this time was variously estimated from 2000 to 2400 men. (C.S.P. Colon., 1693-96, Nos. 1109 and 1258.)
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C.S.P. Colon, 1693-96, No. 1516.
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Ibid., Nos. 207, 876, 1004.
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C.S.P. Colon., 1693-96, Nos. 1946, 1973, 1974, 1980, 1983, 2022. According to Charlevoix, it was the dalliance and cowardice of Laurens de Graff, who was in command at Cap François, and feared falling into the hands of his old enemies the English and Spaniards, which had much to do with the success of the invasion. After the departure of the allies Laurens was deprived of his post and made captain of a light corvette. (Charlevoix, I. x. p. 266 ff.)
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Ducéré, op. cit. p. 148.
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Narrative of de Pointis.
Footnote 518: [(return)]
Narrative of de Pointis; C.S.P. Colon., 1696-97, No. 824.
Footnote 519: [(return)]
Narrative of de Pointis; C.S.P. Colon., 1696-97, No. 868.