NAVY. — CREW LIST of the brigantine *L'Heureuse Marie* [...] - Lot 168

NAVY. — CREW LIST of the brigantine *L'Heureuse Marie* [...], owned by Mr. Dubuc and commanded by Pierre Paul Dubuc, bound for Marseille [...]. Cap-Français [Saint-Domingue], February 26, 1776. A two-page folio document (4 pp.), printed and partially filled in by hand. Having departed from Cap-Français (now Cap-Haïtien in Haiti) on March 2, 1776, the brigantine was shipwrecked off the coast of Bermuda on the 19th of the same month; the crew was rescued, and Captain Pierre-Paul Dubuc, of Saint-Malo, was able to purchase a new ship to complete the voyage to France. This official document lists the names and monthly wages of the people who boarded in Saint-Domingue and were subsequently disembarked or embarked in Bermuda. Attached is a handwritten letter signed by the British governor of Bermuda, dated April 17, 1776 (one folio page, embossed seal), authorizing Captain Dubuc to purchase a small schooner (the “Bermudian”) to return to France and permitting him to navigate freely through English ports, rivers, and colonies. The paper of the document is slightly frayed at the edges; the top of the first page is slightly torn, with a handwritten note that is partially cut off. An interesting set.

Estimate:$671.57

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