Signed: en mai 1781, De Boisforêt. "No. G3." "Echelle d'une lieue de 2400 toises." On verso: "No 3, Plan de la baye de St. Louis relatif a mon mémoire sur les moyens de défendre la colonie française de l'isle de St. Domingue, De Boisforêt." Ms. plan of Saint-Domingue during the American revolutionary war; military emplacements shown in red. During the 17th century, the western third of the island of Saint-Domingue was progressively taken over by the French; in 1803 the French were driven out and independence was declared Jan. 1, 1804; the French name Saint-Domingue was changed to Haiti.