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121:(1828 – 26 March 1879) was a French shipowner and politician who was Senator of Corsica in 1876–79. He inherited a line of steamships for passenger, cargo and mail services that he greatly expanded to operate between southern France, Corsica, Italy, Spain and Algeria. Later the company ran into difficulty with growing competition, and after his death the ships were sold off.
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Jean-Mathieu Valéry died in 1854 and Jean Joseph Valéry became the partner of his uncle Joseph. The company became the
Compagnie Maritime Valery Frères & Fils. The company provided postal service between Marseille and Corsica. In 1856 Valéry was named president of the Bastia Chamber of Commerce.
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An agreement was made on 10 July 1862 between Valéry and Édouard Vandal, Director
General of Posts, for the company to run a weekly postal service between Nice and alternately Ajaccio and Bastia. An imperial decree of 25 April 1863 conformed this postal service concession. The fleet was also granted
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to clear a bond debt. By 1883 the company was ruined and Jean-Mathieu Valéry went into exile in
Venezuela. The Valéry family abandoned its business and in March 1883 sold the remaining 11 ships of its fleet to a company organized by Morelli with other Corsican capitalists to fight the
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Valéry was a general councilor for Bastia. He served as vice-consul of Spain, Austria and Greece and consul of
Portugal. He was made a Knight of the Legion of Honour, and received many foreign decorations. Valéry was also the Bonapartist general councillor for the canton of
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In 1861 the elder Joseph Valéry died and his nephew Joseph became the sole manager of the
Compagnie des Paquebots de la Méditerranée. Joseph Valéry established himself in Paris as one of the leaders of French maritime trade. He became master of the Grand Orient de France
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The official dictionary of French parliamentarians gives his birth year as 1828. Another source gives a birthdate of 1822. A book about the Valéry company says he was aged 58 when he died on 26 March 1879, which indicates the earlier date.
133:, Corsica. His father was Jean-Mathieu Valéry. The Compagnie Valery frères was founded on 9 November 1840 in Bastia by the brothers Jean-Mathieu and Joseph Valéry. The brothers were from Poretta-Brando, from a family of sailors of
343:. Morelli became president of the company. Valéry's son and heir Jean-Mathieu squandered the company's capital recklessly. In 1878 the company had 27 steamboats. 12 of these were sold by a private deed of 6 December 1880 to the
319:. His election was validated despite the fact that he had given senatorial electors free transport and food on one of his boats, from where they went under escort to vote. In the senate he sat with the Bonapartist
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became a competitor. On 11 June 1870 Valéry's company won the concession for postal service and transport between France and
Algeria, and on the eastern part of the Algerian coast. After the fall of the
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during the night and sank. Between 1840 and 1883 forty-six ships flew the flag of the
Compagnie Valéry. In 1850 Valery Freres took over the dispatch service abandoned by the French government's postal
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became director of food and restaurants for Valéry's company. He became one of Valéry's main partners. In 1873 the company lost the
Corsican postal service concession to the Fraissinet company.
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the concession by the
Italian state to provide the postal service between Genoa, Italy and Sicily, although all the ships flew the French flag. After 18 years of monopoly, in 1868 the
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390:(1871–1945) was descended from Jean-Mathieu Valéry. Paul Valéry was the son of Barthélémy Valéry (1825-87) a customs official in Bastia, son of Ambroise Valéry (died 1833).
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was launched on 17 January 1847. The trials gave excellent results, with much lower fuel consumption per horsepower per hour than paddle boats. On 19 October 1847 the
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in 1877. Valéry married
Hortense Piccioni. Their daughter Marie Antoinette Valéry (c. 1858–1940) married Jean Casimir de Galard de Brassac de Béarn (1852–1910).
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from 1871 to 1879. Valéry was elected Senator of Corsica on 30 January 1876 by 288 votes out of 476. During his campaign he was given strong support by
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on 7 May 1869 25 miles (40 km) from Calvi. The treasure of the Général Abbatucci was raised in 1996 and sold at auction in
423:, Scotland, 1855) sank on 23 February 1860 at the entrance to the port of Bastia. The 120 horsepower 52.5 metres (172 ft)
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1843) was wrecked in 1851 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) from the coast of Scalone. The 120 horsepower 55.7 metres (183 ft)
176:, an innovative design with an iron hull and a propeller. Construction started that year, but was long and difficult. The
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group. He voted for the dissolution of the chamber demanded by the ministry of
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lodge "la parfaite harmonie française" in Bastia. He was made a papal count by
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was shipwrecked by stranding on 5 January 1892 in the Bay of Barcaggio. The
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La compagnie Valéry frères et fils : Armateurs cap corsins (1840-1883)
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was built for the company in 1861 in Scotland. It was renamed the
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of London. The 120 horsepower 56.28 metres (184.6 ft)
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Les épaves de la compagnie Valery entre Corse et Continent
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is in a mausoleum a few hundred yards from the village of
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for the Compagnie Maritime Valery Frères & Fils, 1872
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In 1856 the fleet was enlarged with the addition of the
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862:Monti, Charles (24 October 2015),
593:Le Bonaparte 1847 – Musee Ciotaden
345:Compagnie Générale Transatlantique
129:Joseph Valéry was born in 1828 in
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879:Pellegrinetti, Jean-Paul (2015),
1003:"La saga de la compagnie Valery"
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1025:"VALERY (JEAN.JOSEPH, COMTE)"
802:(in French), 17 February 2018
204:Shipwreck of the packet boat
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480:Robert & Cougny1889–1891
834:(in French), Musee Ciotaden
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913:"Valéry Frères & Fils"
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931:"Morelli F. et Cie."
350:Compagnie Fraissinet
288:Second French Empire
283:Compagnie Fraissinet
107:Diplomat, politician
1082:Senators of Corsica
988:Journal de la Corse
898:10.3917/hp.025.0024
401:Comte Joseph Valery
341:Joseph Marie Piétri
251:Comte Joseph Valery
159:Maréchal Sebastiani
63:Joseph Marie Piétri
885:Histoire@Politique
800:La Corse Autrement
704:Pellegrinetti 2015
405:Maréchal Canrobert
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243:Générale Abbatucci
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172:for the steamship
119:Jean Joseph Valéry
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388:Paul Valéry
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648:Monti 2015
441:Christie's
325:de Broglie
298:Politician
272:500 franc
247:Roi Jérôme
125:Background
104:Occupation
947:Pierfit,
935:Wrechsite
455:Citations
445:Evenement
386:The poet
358:Erbalunga
259:Freemason
239:Insulaire
227:Industrie
206:La Louise
196:Shipowner
182:Bonaparte
178:Bonaparte
174:Bonaparte
170:La Ciotat
147:Télégraph
135:Cap Corse
48:In office
953:Geneanet
421:Greenock
329:Florence
290:in 1870
97:Florence
752:Sources
495:Pierfit
429:Dunkirk
223:Progrès
215:Ajaccio
163:Letizia
143:Livorno
99:, Italy
417:Louise
413:Nantes
335:Legacy
305:Brando
274:action
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219:Bastia
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