In a Palestine Exploration Fund Quarterly Statement (PEFQS) article on the "History of Colonization in Modern Palestine" from 1900, the following was listed as one of the projects.
"1664 (circa.), Colbert, Minister of Louis XIV, founds a farm at Beit-Dejan, on the Plains of Sharon, near Jaffa. An grove of fine old olive trees is still pointed out as having been planted by him."
I'm looking for further information, sources, and documentation to understand this grove's location and chronology.
Dear Josph, did you already have a look at "Gallica", i.e. the French on-line database? There is , e.g., a book on "Lettres, instructions et mémoires de Colbert. 1. 1650-1661 / publ. d'après les ordres de l'Empereur... par Pierre Clément". Not all scanned documents are OCR, so the automatic search for key words is not always running. Hope it helps, regards, Giuseppe
Dear Giuseppe,
Thank you very much for your response. I had previously checked Gallica but didn't find any relevant results. I appreciate your pointing out that not all the scanned documents in this collection are OCR. Fortunately, some of the documents are searchable through other sources. The book you suggested and additional volumes are found on google books and are searchable. Unfortunately, I still haven't found any sources connecting Jean-Baptise Colbert to Jaffa. Best regards, Joseph
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