NAVY. 2 Letters: LE HAVRE (76) December 18, 1818. Business l - Lot 556

NAVY. 2 Letters: LE HAVRE (76) December 18, 1818. Business letter from the firm HOMBERQ Frères addressed to Mr. JAYEN, parish priest of SARRY (Marne), regarding the shipment of letters via the ship *La Jeune Caroline*, bound for Martinique, and another via the brig *L’OSCAR*, bound for Guadeloupe. “The power of attorney you have provided us appears to be in perfect order, and we will send it to our friends in Martinique, along with a request that they make good use of it and relentlessly press your debtors…” + ALABAMA (Southern U.S. state). Business letter addressed to Messrs. FOACHE and Sons in Le Havre. MACON (71) June 19, 1822. “…you inform me that the best way to send funds to Mr. LALOUETTE on the River aux Poissons near Mobile, in the Province of Alabama, is to purchase bills of exchange drawn on New Orleans. Please take it upon yourselves to issue this bill, which will be payable at 60 days on demand; you estimate that the exchange rate will be 5 to 5.10 per U.S. dollar, and you will guarantee it subject to a 1% del credere. This commission seems a bit high to me…”