SIGNIFICANT NAVAL DOCUMENTS SEEKING FRENCH NAVAL SURRENDER 1793

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UNIQUE AND HISTORIC ITEMS. RELATING TO R.N LIEUTENANT ROBINS. HIS COMMISSION DATED 1793 APPROVED BY  ADMIRAL HOOD AND SIGNED BY Mc,ARTHUR AND ADMIRAL HOOD. LT ROBBINS WAS PRESENT IN A NAVAL ENGAGEMENT WITH THE FRENCH AT TOULON AUGUST 28TH 1793. ROBBINS WAS SENT BY THE R.N. COMMANDER IN CHIEF TO NEGOTIATE A FRENCH SURRENDER. HERE IS THE ACTUAL LETTER OF REQUEST AND AUTHORITY GIVEN TO ROBBINS TO SHOW TO FRENCH ADMIRAL JULIAN COMMANDER OF THE FRENCH NAVY IN TOULON. IT REQUESTS THE FRENCH IMMEDIATELY WITHDRAW THEIR FLEET INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE HARBOUR AND PUT THEIR GUNPOWDER ON SHORE. ROBBINS WAS SENT BACK BY THE FRENCH WITH HIS LETTER. A THREE PAGE LETTER WRITTEN BY ROBBINS DESCRIBING THE EVENT IN DETAIL. THIS, 325 MM TALL. ROBBINS WENT ON TO SERVE AT TRAFALGAR, AND IN OCTOBER 1805 MADE A LT ON HMS VICTORY. IN 1809 WAS PRESENT AT THE DESTRUCTION OF FRENCH SHIPS AT AIX ROADS. AFTER A SHIP WRECK NEAR THE TEXEL 1812, ROBBINS WAS TAKEN PRISONER BY THE FRENCH. AN EXTREMELY RARE PIECE FROM THIS TIME, HIS MOROCCAN LEATHER BOUND PERMIT ALLOWING HIS AS A P.O.W. TO TRAVEL IN FRANCE. THIS NAMED TO HIM TO THE FRONT. THE CONTENTS HAVE COME APART, BUT ALL PRESENT. ON RETURNING HOME ROBBINS BECAME AN R.N. COMMANDER, 1821. FOUR VERY RARE AND IMPORTANT PIECES OF NAVAL HISTORY.

ALSO PRESENT FROM THE ROBBINS FAMILY, THREE PIECES RELATING TO HIS SON, ALSO AN R.N. COMMANDER. ONE DATED 1830. ONE 1843, AND ONE 1851. A FURTHER NINE ITEMS FROM THE FAMILY FROM THE 1950′S. DETAILS OF A WILL WHICH LIST AND DESCRIBE THE A FORE MENTIONED NAVAL DOCUMENTS.

LASTLY FROM THE SAME  LOT, A FRENCH SILVER COIN DATED 1793. COIN 37 MM WIDE WITH A HOLE FOR WAERING. BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN TAKEN BY ROBBINS FROM HIS TIME WITH THE FRENCH, AND KEPT AS A SOUVENIR