CANADA - Lot 154

CANADA 3 handwritten documents, one signed by naval officer Marcel-Ambroise d'Aubenton, 1762. Relating to ships sent to Quebec during the Seven Years' War by French merchants under an agreement with the Minister of Marine, the Duc de Choiseul. - Handwritten note, undated, concerning the settlement and insurance policies for the freights of eight ships fitted out by Bordeaux merchant Pierre Desclaux in 1759, and belonging to munition merchant Cadet, of Quebec. Sieur Desclaux will probably have to answer to the Duc de Choiseul or M. Acaron (3 p. in-4). "Etat des vaisseaux que j'ai expédié pour Quebeck. - List of 14 ships, with the names of their captains and owners, sent to Quebec, between March 1758 and March 1760 (1 p. ½ in-folio). "List of vessels that are to pass troops to the colonies or serve as corvettes for King's vessels to which permitted to depart for this purpose". - List of 11 ships with the names of their owners, with an apostille from M. d'Aubenton [who was to become famous a few years later during the American War of Independence]: "I beg, Monsieur de Navarre, Lieutenant-General of the Admiralty, to kindly give the necessary dispatches to the shipowners whose vessels are included in this letter. shipowners whose vessels are included in the above list [...] in consequence of the orders of Monsieur le Duc de Choiseul. On board June 14, 1762" (1 p. folio). In February 1763, the Treaty of Paris, by which France ceded Canada to England and negotiated by the Duc de Choiseul, Secretary of State for War and the Navy, put an end to the Seven Years' War.