 He was received by the council at Le Cap (Cap-Haïtien) on 10 July 1719, and by the council at Léogâne on 13 November 1719.Soon after Sorel arrived in Saint-Domingue he approved a plan by the military engineer Amédée-François Frézier to replaced the decaying barracks at Le Cap-Français with a new masonry buildings, as well as other buildings such as the powder storehouse and the king's storehouse.However, the council also had to approve the expenditure, and the colony could not afford it.