Haitian revolution research materials

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1791

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1950

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{"value"=>"Haitian revolution research materials"}

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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture</span>"}

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{"value"=>"Kobler, John, 1910-", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Collector", "role_code"=>"col"}

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{"value"=>"<p>The John Kobler/Haitian Revolution Research Material was collected in the early 1960's by John Kobler, an author and journalist, toward a biography of Toussaint Louverture. The bulk of the material consists of photocopies of books, pamphlets and printed and autograph documents and letters available in public libraries, archival collections and private institutions in France, Haiti and the United States.</p> <p>Born in 1910 in Mt. Vernon, New York, John Kobler is the author of <span class=\"title\">Ardent Spirit: The Rise and Fall of the Prohibition</span>(1973) and various biographies, including that of John Hunter (1960), Al Capone (1971) and John Barrymore (1977). He contributed regularly to various popular magazines, including the <span class=\"title\">New Yorker</span>, <span class=\"title\">Collier's</span>and the <span class=\"title\">Saturday Evening Post,</span>and in the 1930's worked as a foreign correspondent in Europe. Kobler served as a civilian intelligence officer and as an attache at the American Embassy in Paris in the post-war period.</p> <p>A 50,000 word manuscript of his unfinished biography of Toussaint Louverture remains in Kobler's possession.</p>"}

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{"value"=>"<p>The material collected by Kobler was written between 1791 and the 1950's and focuses on the socio-economic reality of the French colony of Saint Domingue and the political activities of Toussaint Louverture, Governor of the colony between 1791 and 1802. The photocopies in the collection, plus a few postcards and illustrations showing various historical sites and the clothing of the late XVlII century in France and Saint Domingue, were kept in six volumes and two notebooks by Kobler. An additional folder containing stamps from the Caribbean and Africa has been placed in the Schomburg Center's Stamp Collection. A table of contents prepared by John Kobler has been placed in the beginning of each volume. A bibliography provides additional information on the material excerpted by Kobler -- monographs, periodicals and documents -- many of which can be found in the Schomburg Center.</p>"}

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{"value"=>"<p>Gift of John Kobler.</p> <p>SCM 78-11</p>"}

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{"value"=>"<p>The following items were removed from:</p> <p><span class=\"emph\">Name of Collection/Papers:</span>John Kobler/Haitian Research Material,</p> <p><span class=\"emph\">Accession Number:</span>SCM 78-11</p> <p><span class=\"emph\">Donor:</span>John Kobler</p> <p><span class=\"emph\">Date received:</span>1978</p> <p><span class=\"emph\">Date transferred:</span>1978</p> <p>The item(s) listed below have been sent to the division indicated, either to be retained or disposed of there. Any items that should receive special disposition are clearly marked.</p> <p><span class=\"emph\"><span class=\"emph\">Schomburg Art and Artifacts Division:</span></span></p> <p>1 folder of stamps -- Stamp Collection</p> <p><span class=\"emph\">Processed by:</span>A. Elizee</p> <p><span class=\"emph\">Date:</span>May 18, 1994</p>"}

bibliography

{"altrender"=>"unnumbered", "value"=>"Monographs Affiches americaines. San Domingo: Imprimerie royale du Cap, 1782. Nos. 30, 35. Ardouin, Charles Nicholas Celigny. Essais sur l'histoire d'Haiti. Port-au-Prince, 1865. Bastien, Remy. Anthologie du folklore haitien. Mexico, 1946. Proverbes, pp. 83-91. Bellegarde, Dantes. Dessalines a parle. Port-au-Prince, 1948. Chap. IV: pp. 47-54. __________. Pages d'histoire. Port-au-Prince, 1925. Chap. IX. Bertrant, Jules. Napoleon aux Tuileries. Paris: Librairie Hachette, 1949. Bonnette, Dr. P. De Saint-Domingue et de la Guadeloupe. Paris, 1905. pp. 470-490. Cambeford, Joseph Paul Augustin. Journal militaire de ma campagne dans la plaine de l'Acul. Paris, 1791. pp. 19-43. Capefigue, Jean Baptiste Honore Raymond. L'Europe pendant le Consulat et l'Empire. Bruxelles, 1842. Chap. XV: pp. 387-409. Corvington, Paul. Expose de la bataille de Vertieres. 20p. Cotterel, Francois Frederic. Esquisse historique des principaux evenemens arrives a Saint-Dominque depuis l'incendie du Cap jusqu'a l'expulsion de Sonthonax. Paris, 1798. 63p. David, Placide. Sur les rives du passe; choses de Saint-Domingue. Paris, 1947. Delafosse, Rouville de. Eloge historique du chevalier Mauduit-Duplessis, major general des armees francaises a Saint-Domingue, assassine a Port-au-Prince le 4 mars 1791. Paris, 1817. Descourtilz, Michel Etienne. Voyages d'un naturaliste en Haiti. Paris, 1809. Dubroca, Louis. La vie de Jean-Jacques Dessalines, chef des noirs revoltes de Saint-Domingue. Avec des notes detaillees sur l'origine, le caractere, la vie et les atrocites des principaux chefs noirs, depuis l'insurrection de 1791. Paris, 1804. 142p. Freminville, Christophe Paulin de la Croix, chevalier de. Memoires du chevalier de Freminville. Paris, 1913. Voyage a l'ile de Saint-Domingue, contenant des details inedits ou peu connus sur l'expedition du general Leclerc, capitaine general de cette colonie, 1801-1802. pp. 1-185. Le Gorgeu, Georges. Etude sur l'abbe Coisnon; episode de la guerre de Saint-Domingue, ou l'expedition Leclerc. Paris, 1880. 63p. Hardy, Jean. Correspondance intime du general Jean Hardy de 1797 a 1802, recueillie par son petit fils le general Hardy de Perini. Paris, 1901. Expedition de Saint-Domingue du 26 octobre au 27 novembre 1802. Hassal, Mary. Secret history; or the horrors of Saint-Domingue, in a series of letters, written by a lady at Cape Francois to colonel Burr, late vice president of the United States, principally during the command of general Rochambeau. Philadelphia, 1808. James, C.L.R. History of negro revolt. London. 1938. Chap. 1: pp. 1-20. Langle, Fleuriot de. La paolina, soeur de Napoleon. Paris, 1944. 103p. Lemonnier-Delafosse, Jean Baptiste. Seconde campagne de Saint-Domingue du premier decembre 1803 au 15 juillet 1809. Havre, 1848. pp. 1-108. Lherisson, Leonidas Caroux. Pour Dessalines. Port-au-Prince, 1906. 27p. Marchal, Gustave. Les uniformes de l'armee francaise sous le Consulat. Paris, 1901. 39p. Mars, Jean-Price. Ainsi parla l'oncle. Port-au-Prince, 1942. “Preface,” pp. 1-24. Masson, Frederic. Napoleon et sa famille. pp. 230-310. Metral, Antoine Marie Therese. Histoire de l'insurrection des esclaves dans le nord de Saint-Domingue. Paris, 1818. 100p. __________. Histoire de l'expedition des Francais a St. Domingue, sous le Consulat de Napoleon Bonaparte; suivies des memoires et notes d'Isaac Louverture, sur la meme expedition et sur la vie de son pere. Paris, 1825. 348p. Montague, Ludwell Lee. Haiti and the United States, 1714-1938. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 1940. Chap. 2: pp. 29-46. Moreau de Jonnes, Alexandre. Aventures de guerre au temps de la Republique et du Consulat. Paris, 1858. Isaac et Placide Louverture. San Domingo, General Assembly. A particular account of the commencement and the progress of the insurrection of the Negroes in San Domingo. London, 1792. 47p. Pauleus Sannon, Horace. Boisrond-Tonnerre et son temps. Port-au-Prince, 1904. 19p. Poyen-Bellisle, Henry de. Les guerres des Antilles de 1793 a 1815. Paris, 1896. __________. Histoire militaire de la revolution de Saint-Domingue. Paris, 1899. Chap. XI: pp. 169-188. Roberts, Walter Adolphe. The French in the West Indies. New York, 1942. Chap. XII: pp. 200-210. Rosemond, Jules. La Crete-a-Pierrot; luttes pour l'independance d'Haiti. Feb.-March 1802. Port-au-Prince, 1913. 63p. Saint-Remy, Joseph. Vie de Toussaint Louverture. Paris, 1850. Chap. LXVII. Schoelcher, Victor. Vie de Toussaint Louverture. Paris, 1889. Chap. XIV-XXVII. Societe des amis des noirs. Reflexions sur le Code noir et denonciation d'un crime affreux commis a Saint-Domingue. San Domingo General Assembly, Aug. 1790. Stewart, T.G. How the black San Domingo legion saved the patriot army in the siege Savannah, 1779. 15p. Tansill, Charles. The United States and Santo Domingo, 1798-1873. John Hopkins Press, 1938. pp. 69-151. Toussaint Louverture. Extrait du rapport de Toussaint Louverture au directoire executif, 1797. 40p. Vastey, Pompee Valentin, baron de. Le systeme colonial devoile. Cap-Henry (Haiti), 1814. pp. 40-96. Periodicals Boyer, Ferdinand. Les Tuileries sous la Convention. Bulletin de la societe de l'histoire de l'art francais. 1934:197-264. Camille, Guy. La perte de Saint-Domingue, du traite d'Amiens au couronnement de Dessalines. Congres des Societes savantes. 1898:377-92. Les chapeaux a haute forme de l'armee de Saint-Domingue. Carnet de la Sabretache. May-June 1935. Gauthiers-Villars, Henry. La captivite de Toussaint Louverture au fort de Joux. 1892. Hill, Adelaide C. Revolution in Haiti, 1791 to 1820. Presence africaine, June-July 1958:5-23. Journal des debats. 19 Oct. 1800; 17 May 1802; 13 Jan. 1803; 21 Feb. 1804; 18 Apr. 1804; 7 Aug. 1804; 10 Jan. 1815; 27 Jan. 1815; 5 Feb. 1815. Ledoux-Lebard, R., G. et C. L'installation du premier Comsul aux Tuileries et la disgrace de l'architecte Leconte. Bulletin de la Societe de l'histoire de l'art francais, 1941-44. Paris, 1947. _______________. La decoration et l'ameublement du grand cabinet de Napoleon ler aux Tuileries. Bulletin de la Societe de l'histoire de l'art francais, 1941-44. Paris, 1947. Le Roux, Jean. Tribulation d'un garde du genie, 1802-1806; souvenirs de Jean Leroux. La Revue de Paris. Apr. 1957:98-111. Lokke, Carl Ludwig. Jefferson and the Leclerc expeditionn. American Historical Review. 33:322-328. _____. A Plot to Abduct Toussaint Louverture's Children. Journal of Negro History. 21 (1936):4-51. M. de C. Mackandal, histoire veritable. Mercure de France. 15 Sep. 1787:21-28. Rigault, Georges. General Leclerc, capitaine general de Saint-Domingue, beaufrere de Napoleon (1772-1802). Les Contemporains, (4 June 1911). Toussaint-Louverture and Edward Stevens, 1798-1800. American Historical Review, (Oct. 1910-July 1911):1-101. Seance du 2 janvier 1793 de la Convention nationale. Moniteur general de la partie francaise de Saint-Domingue. 3 (10 March 1793):Nos. 114-118. Treudley, Mary. The United States and Santo Domingo, 1789-1866. Journal of International Relations. 7 (1916):83-145. Documents Cange. 1 ALS to Delpeche, 28 Nov. 1802 Commissaires civils a Saint-Domingue. 1 ADS to French Consulate in Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina, 1802. Cuynat, C. S. Relation historique, topographique et medicale de l'expedition de Saint-Domingue en 1802. A.D. (40p.). Leclerc, Charles. 2 ALS from Bunel (1801) and Eugenie Vincent (18 Nov. 1801). Nugent, G. 5 ALS to Lord Hubart, July 1803-June 1804. Pichon, L. A. 9 ALS, Oct 1801-May 1803. Pickering, Timothy. 1 ALS to Edward Stevens, 17 March 1799. Rochambeau, Donatien. 5 ALS to Ministere de la Marine et des Colonies, Dec. 1802-Nov 1803. _______________. 3 ALS from Wante (March 1803) and Brunet (19 June 1802). Roume. 3 ALS, including to Andre Rigaud (8 July 1800). Toussaint Louverture. 2 ALS to general Whyte (1796) and Roume (26 Nov. 1800). __________. 8 ALS received by, including letters from Roume (1799-March 1801), ingenieur Raymond (4 Apr. 1799) and Eugenie Vincent (1801)."}

{"altrender"=>"unnumbered", "value"=>"Affiches americaines. San Domingo: Imprimerie royale du Cap, 1782. Nos. 30, 35. Ardouin, Charles Nicholas Celigny. Essais sur l'histoire d'Haiti. Port-au-Prince, 1865. Bastien, Remy. Anthologie du folklore haitien. Mexico, 1946. Proverbes, pp. 83-91. Bellegarde, Dantes. Dessalines a parle. Port-au-Prince, 1948. Chap. IV: pp. 47-54. __________. Pages d'histoire. Port-au-Prince, 1925. Chap. IX. Bertrant, Jules. Napoleon aux Tuileries. Paris: Librairie Hachette, 1949. Bonnette, Dr. P. De Saint-Domingue et de la Guadeloupe. Paris, 1905. pp. 470-490. Cambeford, Joseph Paul Augustin. Journal militaire de ma campagne dans la plaine de l'Acul. Paris, 1791. pp. 19-43. Capefigue, Jean Baptiste Honore Raymond. L'Europe pendant le Consulat et l'Empire. Bruxelles, 1842. Chap. XV: pp. 387-409. Corvington, Paul. Expose de la bataille de Vertieres. 20p. Cotterel, Francois Frederic. Esquisse historique des principaux evenemens arrives a Saint-Dominque depuis l'incendie du Cap jusqu'a l'expulsion de Sonthonax. Paris, 1798. 63p. David, Placide. Sur les rives du passe; choses de Saint-Domingue. Paris, 1947. Delafosse, Rouville de. Eloge historique du chevalier Mauduit-Duplessis, major general des armees francaises a Saint-Domingue, assassine a Port-au-Prince le 4 mars 1791. Paris, 1817. Descourtilz, Michel Etienne. Voyages d'un naturaliste en Haiti. Paris, 1809. Dubroca, Louis. La vie de Jean-Jacques Dessalines, chef des noirs revoltes de Saint-Domingue. Avec des notes detaillees sur l'origine, le caractere, la vie et les atrocites des principaux chefs noirs, depuis l'insurrection de 1791. Paris, 1804. 142p. Freminville, Christophe Paulin de la Croix, chevalier de. Memoires du chevalier de Freminville. Paris, 1913. Voyage a l'ile de Saint-Domingue, contenant des details inedits ou peu connus sur l'expedition du general Leclerc, capitaine general de cette colonie, 1801-1802. pp. 1-185. Le Gorgeu, Georges. Etude sur l'abbe Coisnon; episode de la guerre de Saint-Domingue, ou l'expedition Leclerc. Paris, 1880. 63p. Hardy, Jean. Correspondance intime du general Jean Hardy de 1797 a 1802, recueillie par son petit fils le general Hardy de Perini. Paris, 1901. Expedition de Saint-Domingue du 26 octobre au 27 novembre 1802. Hassal, Mary. Secret history; or the horrors of Saint-Domingue, in a series of letters, written by a lady at Cape Francois to colonel Burr, late vice president of the United States, principally during the command of general Rochambeau. Philadelphia, 1808. James, C.L.R. History of negro revolt. London. 1938. Chap. 1: pp. 1-20. Langle, Fleuriot de. La paolina, soeur de Napoleon. Paris, 1944. 103p. Lemonnier-Delafosse, Jean Baptiste. Seconde campagne de Saint-Domingue du premier decembre 1803 au 15 juillet 1809. Havre, 1848. pp. 1-108. Lherisson, Leonidas Caroux. Pour Dessalines. Port-au-Prince, 1906. 27p. Marchal, Gustave. Les uniformes de l'armee francaise sous le Consulat. Paris, 1901. 39p. Mars, Jean-Price. Ainsi parla l'oncle. Port-au-Prince, 1942. “Preface,” pp. 1-24. Masson, Frederic. Napoleon et sa famille. pp. 230-310. Metral, Antoine Marie Therese. Histoire de l'insurrection des esclaves dans le nord de Saint-Domingue. Paris, 1818. 100p. __________. Histoire de l'expedition des Francais a St. Domingue, sous le Consulat de Napoleon Bonaparte; suivies des memoires et notes d'Isaac Louverture, sur la meme expedition et sur la vie de son pere. Paris, 1825. 348p. Montague, Ludwell Lee. Haiti and the United States, 1714-1938. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 1940. Chap. 2: pp. 29-46. Moreau de Jonnes, Alexandre. Aventures de guerre au temps de la Republique et du Consulat. Paris, 1858. Isaac et Placide Louverture. San Domingo, General Assembly. A particular account of the commencement and the progress of the insurrection of the Negroes in San Domingo. London, 1792. 47p. Pauleus Sannon, Horace. Boisrond-Tonnerre et son temps. Port-au-Prince, 1904. 19p. Poyen-Bellisle, Henry de. Les guerres des Antilles de 1793 a 1815. Paris, 1896. __________. Histoire militaire de la revolution de Saint-Domingue. Paris, 1899. Chap. XI: pp. 169-188. Roberts, Walter Adolphe. The French in the West Indies. New York, 1942. Chap. XII: pp. 200-210. Rosemond, Jules. La Crete-a-Pierrot; luttes pour l'independance d'Haiti. Feb.-March 1802. Port-au-Prince, 1913. 63p. Saint-Remy, Joseph. Vie de Toussaint Louverture. Paris, 1850. Chap. LXVII. Schoelcher, Victor. Vie de Toussaint Louverture. Paris, 1889. Chap. XIV-XXVII. Societe des amis des noirs. Reflexions sur le Code noir et denonciation d'un crime affreux commis a Saint-Domingue. San Domingo General Assembly, Aug. 1790. Stewart, T.G. How the black San Domingo legion saved the patriot army in the siege Savannah, 1779. 15p. Tansill, Charles. The United States and Santo Domingo, 1798-1873. John Hopkins Press, 1938. pp. 69-151. Toussaint Louverture. Extrait du rapport de Toussaint Louverture au directoire executif, 1797. 40p. Vastey, Pompee Valentin, baron de. Le systeme colonial devoile. Cap-Henry (Haiti), 1814. pp. 40-96."}

{"altrender"=>"unnumbered", "value"=>"Boyer, Ferdinand. Les Tuileries sous la Convention. Bulletin de la societe de l'histoire de l'art francais. 1934:197-264. Camille, Guy. La perte de Saint-Domingue, du traite d'Amiens au couronnement de Dessalines. Congres des Societes savantes. 1898:377-92. Les chapeaux a haute forme de l'armee de Saint-Domingue. Carnet de la Sabretache. May-June 1935. Gauthiers-Villars, Henry. La captivite de Toussaint Louverture au fort de Joux. 1892. Hill, Adelaide C. Revolution in Haiti, 1791 to 1820. Presence africaine, June-July 1958:5-23. Journal des debats. 19 Oct. 1800; 17 May 1802; 13 Jan. 1803; 21 Feb. 1804; 18 Apr. 1804; 7 Aug. 1804; 10 Jan. 1815; 27 Jan. 1815; 5 Feb. 1815. Ledoux-Lebard, R., G. et C. L'installation du premier Comsul aux Tuileries et la disgrace de l'architecte Leconte. Bulletin de la Societe de l'histoire de l'art francais, 1941-44. Paris, 1947. _______________. La decoration et l'ameublement du grand cabinet de Napoleon ler aux Tuileries. Bulletin de la Societe de l'histoire de l'art francais, 1941-44. Paris, 1947. Le Roux, Jean. Tribulation d'un garde du genie, 1802-1806; souvenirs de Jean Leroux. La Revue de Paris. Apr. 1957:98-111. Lokke, Carl Ludwig. Jefferson and the Leclerc expeditionn. American Historical Review. 33:322-328. _____. A Plot to Abduct Toussaint Louverture's Children. Journal of Negro History. 21 (1936):4-51. M. de C. Mackandal, histoire veritable. Mercure de France. 15 Sep. 1787:21-28. Rigault, Georges. General Leclerc, capitaine general de Saint-Domingue, beaufrere de Napoleon (1772-1802). Les Contemporains, (4 June 1911). Toussaint-Louverture and Edward Stevens, 1798-1800. American Historical Review, (Oct. 1910-July 1911):1-101. Seance du 2 janvier 1793 de la Convention nationale. Moniteur general de la partie francaise de Saint-Domingue. 3 (10 March 1793):Nos. 114-118. Treudley, Mary. The United States and Santo Domingo, 1789-1866. Journal of International Relations. 7 (1916):83-145."}

{"altrender"=>"unnumbered", "value"=>"Cange. 1 ALS to Delpeche, 28 Nov. 1802 Commissaires civils a Saint-Domingue. 1 ADS to French Consulate in Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina, 1802. Cuynat, C. S. Relation historique, topographique et medicale de l'expedition de Saint-Domingue en 1802. A.D. (40p.). Leclerc, Charles. 2 ALS from Bunel (1801) and Eugenie Vincent (18 Nov. 1801). Nugent, G. 5 ALS to Lord Hubart, July 1803-June 1804. Pichon, L. A. 9 ALS, Oct 1801-May 1803. Pickering, Timothy. 1 ALS to Edward Stevens, 17 March 1799. Rochambeau, Donatien. 5 ALS to Ministere de la Marine et des Colonies, Dec. 1802-Nov 1803. _______________. 3 ALS from Wante (March 1803) and Brunet (19 June 1802). Roume. 3 ALS, including to Andre Rigaud (8 July 1800). Toussaint Louverture. 2 ALS to general Whyte (1796) and Roume (26 Nov. 1800). __________. 8 ALS received by, including letters from Roume (1799-March 1801), ingenieur Raymond (4 Apr. 1799) and Eugenie Vincent (1801)."}

abstract

{"value"=>"Photocopies of material collected by Kobler in the early 1960s for an unfinished biography of Toussaint Louverture. Documents focus on the socio-economic conditions of the French colony of Saint Domingue and the political activities of Touissaint as Governor of the colony between 1791 and 1802. Photocopies in the collection as well as a few postcards and illustration show various historic sites and clothing of late 18th century France and Saint Domingue. Collection provides general background information on the lives of blacks in Saint Domingue, and material on the history and diplomatic relations between Haiti and the United States, including papers referring to Touissaint, Jean Jacques Dessalines, Charles Leclerc, Pauline Leclerc, and Donatien Rochambeau. Material includes information about the history of Saint Domingue from 1791 to 1804, descriptions of the Haitian war of independence, narrative describing the captivity and death of Touissaint in France, correspondence between Touissaint and the French agent Philippe Roume, and correspondence between Charles Leclerc and Rochambeau."}

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{"value"=>"Haitian revolution research materials, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library"}

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1791

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1950

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1. Volume I: General Background
2. Volume II: Characters
3. Volume II: Characters
4. Volume III: History of Saint Domingue
5. Volume III: History of Saint Domingue
6. Volume IV: Correspondence
7. Volume IV: Correspondence
8. Volume V
9. Volume V
10. Volume VI: Foreign Relations--United States and Haiti
11. Volume VI: Foreign Relations--United States and Haiti
12. Notebook 1
13. Notebook 2
14. Notebook 2