Comment | Original Text:
Arrete* le present Tableau des Citoyens Topas* en la Maison commune a Pondicherry le 19 Novembre 1792
'Translation':
This is an 'authorised' list of *Topas citizens as recorded at the Town Hall of Pondicherry 19th November 1792
*Arrete : decree, order, decision of an administrative authority
*Topas : progeny of the original European settlers, often Portuguese, sometimes mixed race.
A useful summary as to background of this list can be found at http://fhs.dukejournals.org/content/31/4/581.abstract |