Manila folder labelled 'Coutance'

Containers:: Box 1 (MS Acc22.020)
Component identifier:: File 8
Content Summary:: The file contains copies of transcriptions of the journal of Louis Charles Ruault Coutance (1763-1810) made by Madame Marie Hélouis (née Briau) (died 1934) for the Mitchell library (B1190). Coutance was born in Saint-Malo, settled in Mauritius in 1790 and commanded a number of local privateers. In 1803, during the Peace of Amiens, he commanded the second Mauritian commercial expedition to Port Jackson. This was aboard the 130-ton, Mauritius-built and registered Adèle owned by the firm of Merle, Cabot Cie
Immediate source of acquisition:: This collection was acquired from Edward Duyker in multiple instalments from 1996 to 2022.

Access and use

Parent Restrictions:: Access conditions may apply to this collection, please refer to the collection's catalogue record for further information (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1391827).
Parent Terms of Access:: Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.

Location of this collection:: National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia