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MARINECaptain Charles BEAUGRAND - Captain Alexandre...

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[MARINE]Captain Charles BEAUGRAND - Captain Alexandre FAROUSSE (born in 1798 in Boulogne), Captains at sea living in Calais and Dunkerque: Important Reunion of original documents concerning them:Proxies signed by the captain in favour of his wife before departure at sea; Various letters; Copies of acts of Civil Status; Death certificates; Various LAS; Very beautiful letter of the Masonic Lodge of Boulogne addressed to their Brother Alexandre Farousse; Handing-over of decorations; Testimonies of sailors attesting to the bravery of Captain Farousse; Letter from Labrousse to his wife mailed from La Martinique in 1827; Idem, but sent from Saint-Thomas, 1827; Copies of Mission Orders; Documents concerning Jacques-Etienne Farousse, , sailor, who died in 1808 during a naval battle against the English; etc.Impornate and rare collection of documents on two captains of the first half of the 19th century;