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MARINE. VAR. 25 Lettres A.S. and 4 L.A. (2 incomplete) from Paulin JOURSIN to his wife Gasparine, Toulon, aboard the Corvette de charge L'ARIÈGE in TOULON harbor and near the Château d'If, Barcelona 1823; 76 pages in-4, mostly addressed. Tender correspondence from a young husband, focusing on family affairs, but also mentioning visits to Professor Dubreuil, surgeon to the Navy; ship movements in the port of Toulon; his efforts not to embark; preparations for a feast for the Duchesse d'Angoulême, on the occasion of the Princess's trip to Provence, etc. Letter signed by the Marquis de CLERMONT-TONNERRE, to JOURSIN, Lieutenant de Vaisseau in Toulon, Paris July 5, 1823, announcing his appointment to command the schooner La Toulonnaise.
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MARINE. VAR. 25 Lettres A.S. and 4 L.A. (2 incomplete) from Paulin JOURSIN to his wife Gasparine, Toulon, aboard the Corvette de charge L'ARIÈGE in TOULON harbor and near the Château d'If, Barcelona 1823; 76 pages in-4, mostly addressed. Tender correspondence from a young husband, focusing on family affairs, but also mentioning visits to Professor Dubreuil, surgeon to the Navy; ship movements in the port of Toulon; his efforts not to embark; preparations for a feast for the Duchesse d'Angoulême, on the occasion of the Princess's trip to Provence, etc. Letter signed by the Marquis de CLERMONT-TONNERRE, to JOURSIN, Lieutenant de Vaisseau in Toulon, Paris July 5, 1823, announcing his appointment to command the schooner La Toulonnaise.
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