Soissons

Registered in Soissons on 9 June 1795, this power of attorney establishes that Citizen Marie Thérèse Alexandrine de la Combe is the sole heir to a plantation in Saint-Domingue following the recent death of her father, Philippe de la Combe. The document records that her husband, Pierre Maximilien César Vangermez du Fay (a former musketeer and dragoon officer), authorises her to act and undertake the necessary legal proceedings. Amid the Haitian Revolution, the couple are unable to travel to the colony. They therefore appoint Justinien Cameron as their attorney in Cap-Français, granting him full powers to administer the plantation and restore its operations. The document expressly...