ALGERIA. MARSEILLE. Commercial archive of... - Lot 499 - Vermot et Associés

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ALGERIA. MARSEILLE. Commercial archive of... - Lot 499 - Vermot et Associés
ALGERIA. MARSEILLE. Commercial archive of Mr. Achille De JOUVE Merchant in MARSEILLES and ALGIERS (Algeria) and JOUVE Owner in TOULOUSE. 165 LETTERS: 36 Letters from Algeria from 1846 to 1853 + 129 Letters from France from 1835 to 1848: Marseille, Toulouse, Nice, Lauzerte, Toulon, Perpignan, Montpellier, Montauban, Roquevaire, Sète, Salon de Provence, Nice, Lyon, Noves and Rouen: "ALGIERS, April 4th 1852. Dear Sir and friend... Soliman Ben Arras, your new farmer, has just left my house, I have given him your letter which I have translated for him... He hopes that next year you will give him a flock of sheep. Most of his land is subject to flooding and therefore remains uncultivated. I told him about growing corn after the flood season, he seems willing to work.... There have already been disputes with the Chiry den Ouled Chebel, I was obliged to write to the Kaïd. The Chiry asked him what interest he had in the property of a Christian, what mattered to him whether it was devastated, burnt or not! This man feels his false position and asks to be given a gun, I promised him that with the permission of the Arab office... The Arab chiefs reserve the right to use any small means to prevent my establishment..." (extract from a letter)
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