TURKEY. PRIVATEER. General Jean Baptiste-Annibal AUBERT-DUBA - Lot 516

TURKEY. PRIVATEER. General Jean Baptiste-Annibal AUBERT-DUBAYET (Louisiana 1757 – Constantinople 1797) – Letter signed “General AUBERT DU BAYET, Ambassador of the French Republic to the OTTOMAN SUBJECT. ” Pera-lez-Constantinople, April 10, 1797 (21 Germinal, Year 5), to Mr. Frédéric CHIRICQUO, Consul of the Republic of RAGUSA, in CONSTANTINOPLE (Turkey). 1 folio page: “I have received your letter in which, after informing me of the capture by one of our corsairs of a Ragusan vessel coming from Trieste, you request, on behalf of the Republic, the protection of the French Ambassador to restore its freedom of navigation. Since this matter, given its importance and the limits of my duties, does not fall directly within my purview, I must refer it to the Executive Directory, and I shall take advantage of the departure of my next courier to convey to it the claims of the Republic of Ragusa and to inform it of the full interest that the Sublime Porte has shown me it takes in its situation. Such, Sir, is the assurance that I am able to offer you…”