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addition to the postage fixed by Article 1 on 28 May 1830. Up to 1835, 61 trips were
of the law of 15 March 1827, to a seaway made from Bordeaux. Balguerie chartered
tax of fifteen decimes per single letter. Pur- the former ships of the Gauthier company
suant to this law, the government has set and then added new paquebots (26 ships
up a paquebot service between Bordeaux operated on the service). In addition to the
and Vera-Cruz, which will begin operating on paquebots, merchant ships also provided
1 April next [...]. From 1 July onwards, a pa- the service.
quebot will be dispatched every month from The last return trip left Veracruz on 1 July
Vera-Cruz to Bordeaux, loaded with letters 1835, arriving in Bordeaux on 30 November
from Mexico to France. 1835. It was not until French intervention in
The first departure took place on 4 April 1862 that a new regular service was set up
1830 and the first return a few weeks later by the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique.

Outward journey. Letter from Bordeaux dated 20 April 1834, departing 1 May 1834 onboard «La Petite Louise» ship,
date of arrival unknown.

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