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Ship(s): Les Deux Amis. Nationality: French. Port(s) of Departure: Port Louis. Destination(s):...
Catalogue reference: HCA 30/291
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HCA 30/291
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Date (When the record was created)
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1777-1779
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Ship(s): Les Deux Amis.
Nationality: French.
Port(s) of Departure: Port Louis.
Destination(s): Lorient.
Type of voyage: unknown.
Particulars: Correspondence from the Isle de France and Isle de Bourbon to metropolitan France. Includes reports from a monsieur Launay, merchant, to Antoine de Sartine, French Minister for the Navy in Paris, discussing the conduct of officials on the Isle de France, the situation regarding the British in India, and suggesting that corsaires from Boston (USA) be stationed at Port Louis to attack English shipping in the event of war breaking out. This piece also includes various other letters to de Sartine, papers relating to a court case between the Comtesse de Coaslin and Marechal Charles de Verdiere, and other correspondence from the islands of France and Bourbon to metropolitan France and India. With copies of the courant: Annonces, affiches et avis divers pour les isles de France et de Bourbon, 24 Dec 1777 (No.52) to 18 Mar 1778 (No.11).
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French
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Open Document, Open Description
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HCA 30
High Court of Admiralty, and Supreme Court of Judicature: Admiralty Miscellanea
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