MARINE. ANCIEN RÉGIME 30 L.A.S., L.S. or P.S., 1666-1790; various sizes. Statements, memoirs and accounts for ships (bombs, carcasses, etc., 1690; Bordeaux 1731; Isle de France 1759). Inventory of wrecked ship (Arcachon 1770); incorporation of shipowners' companies in Saint-Malo (including Surcouf frères), 1709, 1730, 1733, 1775; Caen, 1767-1768. Judgments against deserters (Brest, Toulon, Rochefort 1786-1788). L.S. from ministers Pontchartrain and Berryer; L.A.S. from hydrographer Antoine Laval (1710); letters and certificates from sailors, from Brest, Marseille, Rodellan (Rhode Island), Rochefort, Saint-Malo, Toulon: Cipières, Fabry, Kearney, La Luzerne, La Roque, Laurent, Marolles, Verlet, etc.