893 - [NAVY] Set of 4 autograph, signed letters from the banker Hogguer addressed to Mr. Grogniard, General Engineer of the Navy. Paris, October 31, 1782 – January 8, 1783. 8 pp. 1⁄2 in-4. Addresses on the reverse of the second pages. Minor paper losses, some due to broken seals.

[NAVY] Set of 4 autograph, signed letters from the banker Hogguer addressed to Mr. Grogniard, General Engineer of the Navy. Paris, October 31, 1782 – January 8, 1783. 8 pp. 1⁄2 in-4. Addresses on the reverse of the second pages. Minor paper losses, some due to broken seals. Correspondence regarding the shipbuilding contract between France and Holland in 1782. "[...] The Dutch Admiralties have jointly agreed to have all their ships of the line built in the future according to a single, new design. I am charged, Sir, with communicating these old plans to you and requesting that you draw up a new one in accordance with the calibrated draft [...]". An unexpected setback forces Mr. de Lastrie to postpone the matter, which is to be brought before the minister; he suggests delaying his departure for Brest. He asks him to send him the memorandum on the copper plating and the plans for the “Lougre” [a type of three-masted ship] so that they can be forwarded to Holland; his address is at Mr. Lenormand d’Etioles’s [the former husband of Madame de Pompadour]. “[...] I wish I could tell you something definite about the peace; those in the know claim it will be signed before the 20th. I therefore believe that the campaign will not take place [...].” This likely refers to Baron Daniel d’Hogguer, Viscount of Bignan (1722–1793), a banker.