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Michelet's residence, recorded in his 1841 will, was Lot 118, Old City Tract, on the northwest corner of [[Baylen Street|Baylen]] and [[Government Street]]s.<ref name="will" />
==Involvement in the slave trade==
[[File:MicheletAuction1823.jpg|thumb|right]]
The August 30, 1823 issue of the ''Pensacola Gazette'' includes an advertisement for an auction to be held "at the Auction Store of Henry Michelett," at which an enslaved woman and child would be sold.<ref>Pensacola Gazette. 30 August 1823.</ref>
Michelet also personally owned slaves; his 1841 will records four enslaved individuals among the property to be divided between his wife and daughters.<ref name="will" />
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