(MARINE.) Louis Chevalier de FABRY DE FABRÈGUES. Campaigns i - Lot 287

(MARINE.) Louis Chevalier de FABRY DE FABRÈGUES. Campaigns in the West Indies, Capitaine de Vaisseau in 1757, Lieutenant General of the Naval Armies in 1782, with Croix de Saint Louis, Director General of the Arsenal de TOULON. (Aups/Var 1715 - Cartagena Spain 1796) - Piece signed Le Chevalier de FABRY, for a copy of the Lettre du Maréchal de CASTRIES addressed to him and to MALOUET, dated Versailles May 2, 1784. 1p folio: "Comme il est intéressant, Messieurs, de constater de plus en plus les avantages reconnus au ventilateur imaginé par le sieur WEULERSSE, l'intention du Roy est qu'il en embarqué un sur chacun des Bâtiments qui seront armés au Port de Toulon. M. le Chevalier de FABRY will kindly assist in the execution of what I have informed you of the King's wishes in this respect. He will also instruct the Captains to ensure that it is used as often as possible, and to report on the effects observed when the Campaign returns...".