Charles MOUCHEZ (1867-1911) naval officer, son of the admiral. 48 L.A.S., 1886-1887 and 1890, to his family; about 225 pages in-8. Interesting correspondence to his parents during his navigations. Charles Mouchez entered the Navy in 1885. The first series of letters, which runs from January 6, 1886 to July 23, 1887, includes 16 letters to his father, 12 letters to his mother and one letter to his sister Marie. It relates to his schooling at the Naval School, installed at the time on the Borda in Brest harbor. He recounts life on board the school ship: classes, teachers, exams, grades obtained, inspections, practical exercises (maneuvers, cannon or rifle firing); but also the arrival of ships in the Brest harbor, family relations, visits ashore, etc. Mouchez also evokes the difficulties he encountered during his schooling. Let us quote this letter: "I am returning from corvette rather tired. I was a large parrot combat gabier. That is to say, all day I stayed up on the mast, bailing. We did not have any deckhands with us. So we had to manage on our own. I managed quite well but it was at the expense of the skin on my hands and my head. There was a nice breeze from NE that cut into your face and hands. It wasn't fun all day. Finally I learned something..." (March 17, 1887, to his mother). The other series of letters is written from October 31 to December 23, 1890, from Malta, Algiers, Toulon, Salins d'Hyères, during cruises in the Mediterranean on the Redoutable, the Admiral Baudin and the Dagger. It includes 10 letters addressed to his father Ernest Mouchez, and 9 to his mother. In Malta, he attended receptions, visited the city and gave a description of the port. On November 2, the Admiral Baudin sailed for Algiers. Mouchez worked on the role of the ship, the distribution of the crew to the different posts (combat, fire, waterways, inspection, sleeping). He took advantage of this stay (November 3-13) to visit his uncle in Chabet El Ameur, in Kabylia. Back in Toulon, Mouchez embarked on the Dague, a torpedo boat commanded by Captain Baudry. On December 10th, the ship left Toulon to carry out torpedo launching exercises and returned the same evening. The next day, it sailed with the squadron to carry out manoeuvres in the harbour of the Salins d'Hyères. At nightfall, they carried out firing exercises on targets illuminated by searchlights, using rapid-fire revolver guns; they also carried out signal exercises... Etc.