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Ship(s): Pauline. Nationality: French. Port(s) of departure: Port Louis, Isle de...
Catalogue reference: HCA 30/397
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- HCA 30/397
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1792-1793
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Description (What the record is about)
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Ship(s): Pauline.
Nationality: French.
Port(s) of departure: Port Louis, Isle de France.
Destination(s): Bordeaux.
Type of Voyage: [unknown]
Particulars: Correspondence from Mauritius to France. Includes letters from Intendant Dupuy to the Minister for the Navy in Paris, requesting supplies for Mauritius and Reunion, and enclosing a statement of supplies needed for the state hospital in Port Louis.
Printed material in this piece includes:
- Calendrier pour L'Isle de France, 1793. [Calendar for Mauritius, 2 copies]. In addition to a calender, these volumes list all civilian and military officials serving on Mauritius in 1793, and include speeches made by deputies at the Assemblee Nationale in Paris.
- Gazette de L'isle de France: Nos. 47-52, 1792 .
- Journal des assemblees coloniales, administratives et du directoire de l'Isle de France: Nos. 6, 9, 1792; Nos. 1-8, 1793.
- Gazette, annonces, affiches et avis divers pour la colonie de l'Isle de France: Nos. 1-10, 1793.
- Journal Politique et Critique de l'Isle de France: 4 issues [not numbered] c1793.
- Journal Hebdomadaire de L'Isle de France: No. 47, 1792; No. 9, 1793.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- 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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