£500
FRENCH PERIOD - VERY EARLY PORT LOUIS LETTER TO FRANCE - PRIVATELY CARRIED: Fine 9 Feb. 1754 EL (tentative typed transcription & translation included; internal corner torn away with minimal loss of text) sent from "L'Isle de France" to "Port Louise" (sic; the port adjoining L'Orient in Morbihan, Brittany) from a brother to a sister. The hastily written contents appear to state that the writer has just arrived & mentions in one of two French East India Company ships bound from France to China (?); he also mentions having survived a severe storm en route. Further research is required. Extremely early letter; the earliest items in the Ibbotson & Ruffle collections were 1762 & 1790. Exhibition quality. Cross Reference: FRANCE, EARLY LETTERS
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