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ROBERT SURCOUF. 1773-1827. French sailor and privateer, he raced against the English in the Indian Ocean, then settled as a shipowner in Saint-Malo. Autograph letter signed "Robert Surcouf", to Monsieur Rouillard at the Poudre d'or, 2 pages in-4; January 17, 1812. About the conflict between Spain, Portugal and France of the first Empire, "this unfortunate war will be very long and very costly in men and money. Everything announces a rupture with Russia. I fear that the calamities and the war will be eternal... ".
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ROBERT SURCOUF. 1773-1827. French sailor and privateer, he raced against the English in the Indian Ocean, then settled as a shipowner in Saint-Malo. Autograph letter signed "Robert Surcouf", to Monsieur Rouillard at the Poudre d'or, 2 pages in-4; January 17, 1812. About the conflict between Spain, Portugal and France of the first Empire, "this unfortunate war will be very long and very costly in men and money. Everything announces a rupture with Russia. I fear that the calamities and the war will be eternal... ".