BORDEAUX (33). MARINE. MIDI CHANNEL. - Lot 249

BORDEAUX (33). MARINE. MIDI CHANNEL. 19 Commercial letters from BORDEAUX (33), from 1792 to 1793, addressed to Messrs BOUSQUET Fils & Cie Négociants à AGDE (34). Text on maritime trade. They are waiting for the arrival of the Boats: "It is good that you have given Me VANGAVER the coffee bills of lading loaded on the Brigantine THE GOOD PASTEUR Captain Aymès, and the Tartan THE MARY JEANNE Captain Vincent Michel, and that these two leave with an Escort... We have learned of the Decree that strikes the Assignats in Effigy (of the King)..." Transport of oils transported through the channel. "The price of our colonial foodstuffs is currently so high that it would be imprudent to touch them... we have seen a lot of confusion since the beginning of the Revolution."