Item 5: A Note by [John] Brevost to Unknown, 1795 January 17
Item — Box: 16, Folder: 5
Dates
- Created: 1795 January 17
Creator
- Brevost, John (Person)
Access:
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Extent
1 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Type of Material:
Note
Condition Note:
Good.
Measurement:
6 ½ in x 4 in
Description:
The following note, dated January 17, 1795, is written by John Brevost, a french asylum seeker in the settlement of French Azilum, situated in Bradford county. The note is to an unnamed recipient. In the note, Brevost is stating that he, for the community, has paid St. Crook’s carpenter 26 pounds of Pennsylvanian money. This payment is stated for the second term of this work, with a partial payment for Brevost’s house.
The French Azilum was an asylum settlement that consisted of French royalists, established in Bradford County during the fall of 1793 and the spring of 1794, when Pennsylvania residents sought a way to bolster the economy while aiding French refugees. The purpose of the settlement was to house and support those fleeing the French Revolution primarily, as well as the enslaved rebellions occurring within the French colony of Saint-Domingue, Haiti. Many influential men of the valley aided two Frenchmen in particular, Louis de Noailles and Antoine Omer Talon, in establishing the refugee settlement, including Matthias Hollenback, Stephen Girard, and Robert Morris. They proposed the settlement to house and support those fleeing the revolution. Though their efforts were positioned as an act of support and compassion due to the high French population in Philadelphia and alliance ties persisting for the American Revolution, there were also many who viewed the settlement as a lucrative investment for the country (French Azilum).
Location:
French Azilum, PA
Transcription:
Je Soussigné’ recommois que Nous niue
l'abbé Colin pour le Societe’ J’asluyum, a
payé au S Crooks charpentier, la somme
se vingt six pounds monnoy de Pensitrame
pour le second terme et Sol de depayement de ma
maison. A Asylum le 17 Janvier 1795
Brevost
Translation Attempt:
I, the undersigned, recommend that we(?), Abbot Colin(?), for the Society, have paid to St. Crooks, carpenter, the sum of twenty-six pounds in pensitrame(?) [Pennsylvania?] money for the second term and one for the payment of my house. At Asylum, January 17, 1795 Brevost
Translation Attempt:
I, the undersigned, recommend that we(?), Abbot Colin(?), for the Society, have paid to St. Crooks, carpenter, the sum of twenty-six pounds in pensitrame(?) [Pennsylvania?] money for the second term and one for the payment of my house. At Asylum, January 17, 1795 Brevost
Creator
- Brevost, John (Person)
Repository Details
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84 W South St.
Wilkes-Barre PA 18701 US
570-408-2000
570-408-7823 (Fax)
ask.archives@wilkes.edu