Moreau de St. Mery's American Journey, 1793-1798

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1947. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8x6x1. Bingham, James. No jacket. Spine lightly toned. 1947 Hard Cover. xxi, 394 pp. Translated and edited by Kenneth and Anna M. Roberts. Preface by Kenneth Roberts. Introduction by Stewart L. Mims. Frontispiece painting by James Bingham. Médéric Louis Élie Moreau de Saint-Méry (13 January 1750 – 28 January 1819), son of Bertrand-Médéric and Marie-Rose Moreau de Saint-Méry, was born in Fort-Royale, Martinique. He was a lawyer and writer with a career in public office in France, Martinique, and Saint-Domingue (now the Republic of Haiti). He is best known for his publications on Saint Domingue and Martinique. He married into a well-positioned family which allowed him to expand his connections among French people and in time, positioned himself as a member of the Parliament of France. Moreau was deeply involved in the founding of the Museum of Paris which he was later appointed president of in 1787.