LATOUCHE-TRÉVILLE Louis-René Levassor de la Touche, Comte de - Lot 360

LATOUCHE-TRÉVILLE Louis-René Levassor de la Touche, Comte de LATOUCHE-TRÉVILLE, Vice-Admiral, distinguished during the American War of Independence (Rochefort/ Charente-Maritime 1745 - Toulon/ Var 1804) - Letter signed, with autograph compliments, to General-in-Chief LECLERC, Captain-Commander of the Colony of SAINT-DOMINGUE. 3 folio pages. Letterhead "Le Contre-Amiral LATOUCHE-TRÉVILLE, Commandant les forces navales à Saint-Domingue". Vignette. Port-Républicain (Port-au-Prince, Saint-Domingue), aboard the Vaisseau LE FOUDROYANT, 3 Floréal An 10 (April 23, 1802): "Here are the movements that have taken place since my last one: L'AIGLE is ready to carry the Citizen Mongiraud and his family to Santo Domingo (Santo Domingo)... it can consequently take charge of transporting the Prefect there, the frigate L'EMBUSCADE being in the south and not expecting to be back before 10 days. LE HEROS has just arrived from Gonaïves to complete its month's supply of provisions, which it only had for five days. She's going to take up the cruise you ordered her to take on Tiburon and Jérémie. The Vaisseau LE ZÉLÉ has put her cargo ashore, and is working on ballasting and getting ready for her return to France... LE TOURVILLE arrived yesterday from Saint-Marc, and is going to work on unloading. The Flûte L'UTILE is ready to leave for France with your dispatches... LA FRANCHISE left on the 1st for Jamaica. L'URANIE will relieve LA CLORINDE at Saint-Marc. I intend the latter to carry General BOUDET to Guadeloupe... The corvette LA PAULETTE is in a dangerous state for her frame. I am overwhelmed with requests of all kinds, and those for money for ships on cruises or missions are all the more pressing, as the Captains and officers do not have a single ecu... If I did not see in you a friend, I would not bear the burden of such a command.... We're working on the supplies you asked for... La TOUCHE -TRÉVILLE.