Official documents concerning de Bretel's introduction as an Avocat de Parlement and his retirement from the post of Secretaire Honoraire du Roi. Also various papers concerning tontines.
Letters, invoices and other papers concerning shipments of goods on de Bretel's account, from Andriot la Roche of Lorient, France. Also a letter requesting support from Andriot's son, a Ganges pilot at Chandernagore.
Letters and invoices concerning shipments of goods between Pondichery, Bengal and the Isle de France, from the merchants or agents Mangin of Masulipatam, Monneron of Pondichery and others.