French Naval Miscellany

Miscellaneous letters and papers relating to French naval affairs

1. Victualling certificate for the warship Marquis, signed by Claude de Forbin (1656-1733), comte de Forbin-Gardanne, captain of the vessel. Brest, 26 June 1692.

2. List of casualties resulting from the capture of the warship le Maure by the enemy on 24 October 1710, and the costs of replacement incurred by the vessel's captain, M.Ducoudré. Brest, 20 July 1714.

3. Licence for Jacques de Bourdieu to serve as a ship's surgeon on long voyages. Bordeaux, 4 November 1723.

4. Certificate of invalidity on behalf of several marines, signed by [Gaspard] Cochon-Dupuy (1710-1788), 'premier médecin de la Marine au port de Rochefort'. Rochefort, 15 April, 1762.

5. Receipt ('quittance') by M. Hariague, naval surgeon at Bayonne, for ninety livres for his quarterly expenses for October - December 1783. Bayonne, n.d. [c.1784].

6. Licence for Raimond Gardey to serve as a ship's surgeon on long voyages. Bordeaux, 27 February 1788. Subscribed 'bon pour 3e voyage sur le navire La Duchesse de Cossé ... Bordeaux, 26e Fevr 1790. Dubruel'.

7. 'Sommaire de l'expédition de la Jenny à son troisième voyage à la Pointe-à-Pitié, Isle de Guadeloupe, sous le commandement de Mr Imber, après avoir fait escale à La Rochelle pour y complèter sa cargaison'. Financial accounts relating to the voyage of the warship La Jenny to the West Indies in 1792.

8. Certificate of payment of expenses incurred during the revolutionary years 11 and 12, by Joseph Carbasse, 'officier de santé' returned from Saint Domingue [Haiti], made on 17 floréal, an XIII [6 May 1805].

9. Letter from François Joseph Bouvet (1753-1832), 'le Général Préfet maritime', to the Minister of the Navy in Paris, enclosing a despatch [not present] relating to the service of Nicolas Pierre Gilbert, apprentice naval surgeon. Brest, 16 July 1813.

10. Order of Louis XVIII, King of France, relating to the payment of pensions to naval widows. Paris, 18 June 1817. Copy.

11. Letter from Albin Reine Roussin (1781-1854), Baron Roussin, French naval commander and administrator, to the 'Intendant de la Marine' at Brest, requesting that surgeons Duret and Vase be appointed to the frigate L'Amazone. Brest, 4 June 1821. Superscribed with official authorisation.

12. Letter of Guy-Victor Duperré (1775-1846), 'Préfet Maritime' of Brest, relating to the medical provisioning of the Bayonnaise, bound for Senegal. Brest, 27 November 1827.

13. Letter from Albin Reine Roussin to André Marie Constant Duméril (1774-1860), French zoologist, on matters relating to the Académie Royale des Sciences. Paris, 9 November 1830.

14. Letter from Antoine Maurice Apollinaire d'Argout (1782-1858), French Minister of the Navy and Colonies, to Jean-de-Dieu Soult (1769-1851), Minister of War, recommending a young naval auxilliary surgeon, M. Daudéjos, for a post in the army. [Paris], 15 January 1831.

15. Letter from Albin Reine Roussin to the 'Préfet du Finistère' at Quimper declining a request. Brest, 21 May 1832.

16. Table showing the allocation of contributions of equipment due from the various ships in the French naval squadron in the Gulf of Mexico, in order to furnish a hospital aboard the corvette La Fortune. Signed by [Dr] Ferré, surgeon-major of the frigateLa Gloire, 'Rade de Sacrificior', 5 November 1838. Countersigned by the commander-in-chief, Charles Baudin, with his authorisation.

17. Order from Charles Baudin (1784-1854), rear-admiral, commanding the French naval forces in the Gulf of Mexico, relating to the loss of medical supplies in a recent fire. Aboard the frigate Néréide, 10 January 1839.

18. Petition from M. Friot, surgeon-major of the steamship Le Météore to Charles Baudin, highlighting the inadequate provision for treating ill and wounded aboard the vessel. N.p., 27 February 1839. Superscribed with a note by Baudin referring the case to Ferré for his opinion.

19. Letter from Ferré to Baudin supporting Friot's case and suggesting transfer of patients from Le Météoreto the hospital in the fortress of San Juan de Ulúa as an interim measure. Antón-Lizardo, 27 February 1839. Endorsed with a response from Baudin depreciating this suggestion and ordering Ferré to investigate conditions aboardLe Météore. 27 February 1839.

20. Letter from Charles Louis Joseph Bazoche (1784-1853), French naval officer, to an unidentified correspondent, on publishing Charles-Adolphe Maher's report on the yellow fever outbreak on the frigate L'Herminie. N.p., 15 May 1839.

21. Letter from Claude Charles Etienne Hernoux (1797-1861), French naval officer, to M. Bajot, 'bibliothécaire de la Marine', on a work on naval hygiene by doctor Martinenq, surgeon-major of the warship L'Jena. Aboard L'Jena, moored at 'Béshikas' [?Besiktas, Constantinople], 13 September 1839.

22. Complement of officers of the ships of the 'Division des Antilles', signed by Alphonse Louis Théodore Moges (fl. 1820-1860), vice-admiral commanding the division, aboard the Néréide, 11 June 1842.

23. List of changes to the complement of officers of the division, from 15 January to 11 June 1842. Signed by Moges, aboard the Néréide, 11 June 1842.

24. Complement of officers of the ships of the 'Division des Antilles', signed by Moges, aboard the Néréide, 13 December 1842.

25. Complement of officers of the ships of the 'Division des Antilles', signed by Moges, aboard the Néréideat Fort Royal, 21 April 1843.

26. Letter from Albin Reine Roussin to [Napoléon Joseph Ney (1803-1857), 2nd prince de la Moskowa], declining to recommend a doctor 'Poisseuil' [?Jean-Léonard-Marie Poiseuille] to membership of the Académie Royale des Sciences. N.p., 23 January 1843.

27. Letter from Charles Baudin to the commander-in-chief of the Mediterranean squadron at Toulon, covering an order [not present] relating to surgeon Lévêque. Toulon, 14 December 1843.

28. Appointment of Paul Joseph Rivière, medical student, as intern at the naval hospital at Rochefort. Signed by Jean Baptiste Montagnies de la Roque (fl. 1852-1858), vice-admiral and 'préfet maritime'. Rochefort, 24 December 1856.

29. List of officers of the corvette L'Agate. N.d [18th or early 19th cent.]