{"value"=>"<p>The executive correspondence of Toussaint Louverture contains many noteworthy items, including: a 22 Jan. 1802 letter addressed to the San Domingo General Assembly, in which he reaffirms his loyalty to France, while accusing the \"Expeditionary Army\" of planning the reinstatement of slavery in the colony; 3 A.L.S. from Paul Louverture (Feb. 1802), Commander in Chief of the Ozama province, announcing the naval siege of that province by the French flotilla and one holograph copy of Napoleon's \"Proclamation to the inhabitants of San Domingo\"; 5 A.L.S. from Charles Belair (31 March 5 May 1802), reporting his evacuation of the city of Saint Marc and retreat to the neighboring hills and commenting on the unnecessarily inhuman treatment of the peasants by Dessalines, as well as the latter's arbitrary appropriation of large sections of his troops; and one A.L.S. from Charles Leclerc, General in Chief of the \"Expeditionary Army\" (5 May 1802), informing him of a peace treaty between France and Great Britain (Toussaint Louverture resigned the same day).</p>"}