CORSAIRES. Manuscript entitled "Manuel pour le... Lot 59
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CORSAIRES. Manuscript entitled "Manuel pour le Capitaine d'un corsaire français". Late 18th or early 19th century. 9 pp. small folio on blue paper. Instructions for privateers, ending with "essential precautions". "[...] When American ships leaving or going to some enemy port have suspicious expeditions, it will be advisable to frighten them in order to extract the truth from them by telling them that those who are found to have false expeditions without admitting it before being convinced are punished in the most severe manner".
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