Lot 728

[PRIVATEERS]. A group of 4 documents signed relating to American shipping losses and privateering and American.

Lot 728

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Closed

Estimate: $200 - $300

Estimate$200 – $300

Status

Closed

[PRIVATEERS]. A group of 4 documents signed relating to American shipping losses and privateering and American.

Specifically regarding the affairs U. S. Minister to the Netherlands William Eustis and Baron de Nagell, Minister of Foreign Affairs. Together, 4 letters, in French and one in English, comprising:

1.
Manuscript document, in an unknown hand, in French. 13 January 1816. 1 page, 8vo, on a bifolium, docketed verso. Regarding a claim between Mr. Goldberg and Eustis.

2.
Manuscript document, in an unknown hand, in French. Signed by A. W. C. Nagell, 14 April 1816. 8 pages, folio, on bifolia. Regarding the affairs of Eustis.

3.
Manuscript document, in an unknown hand, in French. Signed by A. W. C. Nagell, 17 Oct 1805. 2 pages, octavo, on a bifolium, docketed verso. "Answer of the Baron de Nagell on the subject of Amn. Claims."

4.
Manuscript document, in an unknown hand, in French. Signed by A. W. C. Nugell, 9 November 1815. 2 pages, folio, on a bifolium. Regarding the affairs of Eustis.

5.
Manuscript document, in an unknown hand, in English. From A. C. Twent to "His Excellency the Minister of the Marine." The Hague, 10 April 1816. 2 pages, folio. Regarding the payment of the pilots of four ships and pilotage payments.

Provenance for the lot: Acquired Argosy, 1990.

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