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Vermot et Associés

346 - HÉRAULT. CANAL DU MIDI. 18 Documents from 1777 to 1833 from the archives of BOUSQUET et Fils, a merchant in AGDE, namely: 2 business letters from AGDE (34) dated 1814 and 1817, 1 bill of lading from 1814, 4 customs documents from the Agde (34) office for various ship cargoes on the Canal du Midi (1833) + 1 letter from Montpellier (34) dated Year 10 (Oct. 9, 1801): “The signing of the preliminary peace treaty with the English has been announced… Through the mediation of the Emperor of Russia, with Citizen DUROC, Aide-de-Camp to the First Consul, a treaty of offense and defense has been concluded with France…; it is presumed that freedom of navigation is included… ” + 1 business letter from 1793 and 4 waybills (Year 13) — from PEZENAS (34) + 3 waybills from CETTE (SETE 34) dated 1777 and Year 5 + 2 letters (Year 6, 1807) from BÉZIERS (34)

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€100 - 150

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28%

HÉRAULT. CANAL DU MIDI. 18 Documents from 1777 to 1833 from the archives of BOUSQUET et Fils, a merchant in AGDE, namely: 2 business letters from AGDE (34) dated 1814 and 1817, 1 bill of lading from 1814, 4 customs documents from the Agde (34) office for various ship cargoes on the Canal du Midi (1833) + 1 letter from Montpellier (34) dated Year 10 (Oct. 9, 1801): “The signing of the preliminary peace treaty with the English has been announced… Through the mediation of the Emperor of Russia, with Citizen DUROC, Aide-de-Camp to the First Consul, a treaty of offense and defense has been concluded with France…; it is presumed that freedom of navigation is included… ” + 1 business letter from 1793 and 4 waybills (Year 13) — from PEZENAS (34) + 3 waybills from CETTE (SETE 34) dated 1777 and Year 5 + 2 letters (Year 6, 1807) from BÉZIERS (34)

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Auction details

History & Regions of France
Tuesday, November 24
12:00 PM
5, rue Drouot
75009 Paris, France

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Vermot et Associés +33 1 71 19 42 16 info@vermotetassocies.com
On Drouot for more than 10 years avec More than 220,000 lots published

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