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FIGUÈRES & Cie. Autograph letter signed, addressed to "Madame v. Godemar Marcilly ... Bordeaux." Prephilatelic, Pointe a Pitre, November 1, 1825 Bifolio in 4to. 255x202 mm. French text on two pages, address and stamp "COLONIES PAR BORDEAUX," on fourth page. Handwriting in crisp cursive, brown ink. Slight traces of use. Letter from Guadeloupe. Discusses the sugar trade, with references to the price of 10 barrels sold in 1821. Letter brought to France by the ship "J. Jacques." Joined with: EE. LAHENS et COTTIN & Cie. Autograph letter signed, addressed to "A. Viot, Négociant à Nantes." Prephilatelic, Pointe a Pitre, January 26 and February 8, 1849 Bifolio in 4to on blue paper. 275x214 mm. French text on three pages, address and stamps "Guadeloupe" and "Nantes," on fourth page. Handwriting in crisp cursive, brown ink. Slight traces of use. Two letters joined in the same bifolium concerning trade and politics. There is mention of the price of sugar, varying according to quality; there is also mention of sending forty thousand barrels and problems of the ocean crossing. Important is the reference to Colonel Fieron, who arrived as governor of the island to end the unrest that followed the abolition of slavery in 1848. Two Letters of 1825 and 1849 on Guadeloupe, Sugar and Slavery.

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FIGUÈRES & Cie. Autograph letter signed, addressed to "Madame v. Godemar Marcilly ... Bordeaux." Prephilatelic, Pointe a Pitre, November 1, 1825 Bifolio in 4to. 255x202 mm. French text on two pages, address and stamp "COLONIES PAR BORDEAUX," on fourth page. Handwriting in crisp cursive, brown ink. Slight traces of use. Letter from Guadeloupe. Discusses the sugar trade, with references to the price of 10 barrels sold in 1821. Letter brought to France by the ship "J. Jacques." Joined with: EE. LAHENS et COTTIN & Cie. Autograph letter signed, addressed to "A. Viot, Négociant à Nantes." Prephilatelic, Pointe a Pitre, January 26 and February 8, 1849 Bifolio in 4to on blue paper. 275x214 mm. French text on three pages, address and stamps "Guadeloupe" and "Nantes," on fourth page. Handwriting in crisp cursive, brown ink. Slight traces of use. Two letters joined in the same bifolium concerning trade and politics. There is mention of the price of sugar, varying according to quality; there is also mention of sending forty thousand barrels and problems of the ocean crossing. Important is the reference to Colonel Fieron, who arrived as governor of the island to end the unrest that followed the abolition of slavery in 1848. Two Letters of 1825 and 1849 on Guadeloupe, Sugar and Slavery.

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