CYPRUS. P.A.S. by Jean-Baptiste SANTI LHOMACA, co-signed by 3 others, Alexandria (Egypt) 23 frimaire III (13 décembre 1794); 1page large in-fol. with red wax seal (small lacks at head due to ink corrosion). Attestation drawn up at the French consulate in Alexandria, in favor of a young officer of the merchant brig l'Heureux Clairon commanded by Captain Louis Marie Salvy, of La Seyne-sur-Mer. The document is signed by Joseph Reboul, proconsul in Alexandria; Santi Lhomaca, chancellor; Jacques Roustan, second-in-command of the brig and Pierre Tropez Salvy, lieutenant of the brig and brother of the captain, the latter "unable to sign due to ophthalmia". [Born around 1738, Jean-Baptiste Santi Lhomaca held several posts as drogman (interpreter) in the consulates of Candia, Salonika, Constantinople and Tripoli in Syria from 1772 onwards. In 1791, he was appointed first drogman and chancellor in Alexandria, then, in 1795, first drogman of the Consulate General of Syria and Palestine. During the Egyptian campaign, he served as interpreter under Bonaparte and Kléber, before being attached to General Menou].