A MEMOIR OF TRANSACTIONS THAT TOOK PLACE IN ST. DOMINGO, IN THE SPRING OF 1799;

AFFORDING AN IDEA OF THE

PRESENT STATE OF THAT COUNTRY

THE REAL CHARACTER OF ITS BLACK GOVERNOR,

Toussaint L’ouverture,

AND THE

SAFETY OF OUR WEST-INDIA ISLANDS

FROM ATTACK OR REVOLT;

INCLUDING

THE RESCUE OF A BRITISH OFFICER

UNDER SENTENCE OF DEATH.

Inest sua Gratia parvis.

BY

CAPTAIN RAINSFORD,

TWENTY-FOUR YEARS AN OFFICER IN HIS MAJESTY’S ARMY.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY R. B. SCOTT.

At his Office In St. Clement’s Lane, Strand.

SOLD BY EDWARD LAWRENCE, IN THE STRAND,

NEARLY OPPOSITE BEAUFORT BUILDINGS.

1802.