Excerpt from Rapport de Julien Raimond, Commíssaire Délégué par le Gouvernement Français aux Isles Sous le Vent, au Ministre de la Marine
Leblanc arrive au conseil avec un paquet scellé de cinq cachets; il contenait, disait-ii, le plan de la plus horrible conjuration qui eût jamais été tramée à Saint - Domingue. 011 y trouverait le nom des chefs, les moyens qu'ils devaient mettre en usage, l'heure et le lieu où elle devai1 éclata il le dépose entre les mains du secrétaire géneral, qui 1eceit ordre de le garder jusqu'au moment où le salut public permettrait d'en faire l'ouverture.
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