MARINE. VAR. 25 Letters A.S. and 4 L.A. (2 incomplete) from - Lot 462

MARINE. VAR. 25 Letters A.S. and 4 L.A. (2 incomplete) from Paulin Joursin to his wife Gasparine, Toulon, aboard the loading Corvette L'ARIÈGE in Toulon harbour and near the Château d'If, Barcelona 1823; 76 pages in-4, most with address. Tender correspondence from a young husband, centered on family affairs, but also evoking visits to Professor Dubreuil, surgeon of the Navy; ship movements in the port of Toulon; his efforts not to embark; the preparations to celebrate the Duchess of Angoulême, on the occasion of the Princess's trip to Provence, etc. Letter signed by the Marquis de CLERMONT-TONNERRE, à JOURSIN, Lieutenant de Vaisseau à Toulon, Paris 5 July 1823, announcing his appointment to command the schooner La Toulonnaise.