A Statement of Expenditures Incurred During the Naval Campaign of 1702, Detailing Sums Payable by the Treasurer General of the Navy, for Which the Lord Admiral Issued Official Receipts to the Treasurer of the Marine.  

Folio (34.5 × 22.5 cm). Manuscript cahier comprising 12 written leaves followed by 10 blank leaves. Written in a neat and highly legible secretarial hand in black ink on laid paper watermarked with a crowned cluster of grapes. The manuscript bears the name of Louis Alexandre de Bourbon and the autograph signature of Jean-Baptiste Henri de Trousset de Valincour (1653–1730). Preserved in good overall condition, with scattered foxing and minor soiling.

An important early eighteenth-century French naval manuscript, documenting expenditures and authorized payments incurred during the Mediterranean naval campaign of 1702, fought in the opening phase of the War of the Spanish Succession, when the Franco-Spanish alliance confronted the Anglo-Dutch naval coalition.

Entitled Cayer des dépenses qui ont été faites pendant la Campagne 1702, dont Monseigneur L’Amiral a donné des décharges au Trésorier de la Marine, the manuscript bears the autograph signature of Jean-Baptiste Henri de Trousset de Valincour, secretary of the marine and private secretary to Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, Comte de Toulouse, Grand Admiral of France.

The register provides a detailed account of payments due to artificers, suppliers, officers, pilots, and other contracted personnel attached to the fleet. Individuals are identified by name together with the nature of their services and the sums owed. Particularly notable is the inclusion of a female coastal pilot, possibly Sicilian, an uncommon and historically significant reference within early eighteenth-century naval administrative records.

Also recorded are itemized payments to merchants and contractors supplying provisions and matériel for the Comte de Toulouse and other officers engaged in the expedition. Listed supplies include paper, textiles, equipment, and various consumable goods required for the administration and operation of the fleet.

The manuscript offers valuable insight into the financial administration, provisioning networks, and daily practical organization of the French navy during the early years of the War of the Spanish Succession, while also illuminating the operations of the Admiralty under the direction of the Comte de Toulouse, then overseeing French naval operations in Sicily and the central Mediterranean during the 1702 campaign.