Marine. Lettres reçues
Item
Country
FR
Name of institution (English)
The National Archives (Paris site)
Name of institution (official language of the state)
Language of name of institution
fra
Contact information: postal address
11 rue des Quatre-Fils, 75003 Paris
Contact information: phone number
0033 (0)1 40 27 64 20
Contact information: web address
Contact information: email
contact.archives-nationales@culture.gouv.fr
Reference number
MAR B/3
Type of reference number
Archival reference number
Title (English)
Navy Archives. Letters received
Title (official language of the state)
Marine. Lettres reçues
Language of title
fra
Creator / accumulator
Marine
Date(s)
1628/1789
Language(s)
fra
Extent
803 storage units
Type of material
Textual Material
Scope and content
The Marine fonds comprises significant documentation concerning the Navy, including information related to France's naval, administrative, social, and economic history, mostly between 1670 and 1789. It includes royal orders, correspondence and information on diplomatic and commercial relations.
Some materials contain information regarding Iberian conversos and Jews. A few examples are the following:
MAR/B/3/50: includes a petition from Portuguese New Christian merchants settled in Toulouse in 1685 (fols. 119-128).
MAR/B/3/227: letter from Lamoignon de Courson, intendant in Bourdeaux, on the entry of Jews in the province in 1714 (fols. 183, 186).
MAR/B/3/567: collection of letters-patent and other documents concerning Portuguese Jews and their privileges in France in 1765 (fols. 416-432).
Some materials contain information regarding Iberian conversos and Jews. A few examples are the following:
MAR/B/3/50: includes a petition from Portuguese New Christian merchants settled in Toulouse in 1685 (fols. 119-128).
MAR/B/3/227: letter from Lamoignon de Courson, intendant in Bourdeaux, on the entry of Jews in the province in 1714 (fols. 183, 186).
MAR/B/3/567: collection of letters-patent and other documents concerning Portuguese Jews and their privileges in France in 1765 (fols. 416-432).
Archival history
Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1619–1683) was responsible for developing the reorganisation and conservation rules for the Marine fonds. Before his time in office, only some documents survived.
The classification framework was established on May 25, 1862, and adopted on June 24, 1887. It included seven major subdivisions: Service général (general service), Service central (central service), Personnel (staff), Matériel (equipment), Comptabilité (accounting), Invalides (invalids), Mémoires (memoranda) and projects, to which the current Marine A to G sub-fonds corresponds.
It should be noted that this is an artificial classification and does not correspond, in many cases, to the institutional organisation of the Navy offices and archives. Often, documents of different producers are mixed together, or, on the contrary, papers from the same office can frequently be found in different series.
The classification framework was established on May 25, 1862, and adopted on June 24, 1887. It included seven major subdivisions: Service général (general service), Service central (central service), Personnel (staff), Matériel (equipment), Comptabilité (accounting), Invalides (invalids), Mémoires (memoranda) and projects, to which the current Marine A to G sub-fonds corresponds.
It should be noted that this is an artificial classification and does not correspond, in many cases, to the institutional organisation of the Navy offices and archives. Often, documents of different producers are mixed together, or, on the contrary, papers from the same office can frequently be found in different series.
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Kevin Soares, 2023
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