FORFAIT (Pierre-Alexandre-Laurent) Rouen/ Seine-Maritime 175 - Lot 263

FORFAIT (Pierre-Alexandre-Laurent) Rouen/ Seine-Maritime 1752-1807 - Engineer, Deputy for Seine-Inférieure in 1791, Minister - Letter A.S. as Minister of the Navy and Colonies (Printed letterhead, Liberty of the Seas vignette), to Finance Minister GAUDIN: "My Dear Colleague. I beg you to do everything you can to complete the Affair you are dealing with the contractors of the MARINE hospitals... Citizen Lerppan, Head of the Funds Office, will also speak to you about the sum of 500,000 Francs to be taken from that which I had in Livorno and which has been given to the War Department. The 1st CONSUL had to write to you to have it sent to Toulon. It is urgently needed there, and you will be doing my department a great service if you can get it there quickly...". Paris 25 Fructidor an 8 (Sept. 12, 1800) - 2 pages in-4°.