FRENCH NAVY 1802:

FRENCH NAVY 1802: An attractive naval document, one page, large folio, Bordeaux, 20th November 1802, in French. The partially printed document, bearing an attractive and large ornated naval heading, is a leave authorization given to the schooner Les Deux Amis (`The Two Friends´), permitting navigation under French flag and Captain Larrieu `Departing from port of Bordeaux to Martinique with the wine content´. The document bears a red ink stamp of the French Republic and is countersigned by General Gudin. Signed to the verso by commissar of St. Domingue, stating that the vessel was sold at The Cap in June 1803 to John Suckley & Co. Folded. VG £200-300