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Title: Document, on board the Duc de Bourgogne, 1781 March 6
Creator: Destouches, Charles-René-Dominique Sochet, 1727-1794, author
Date Created and/or Issued: 1781-03-06
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Manuscripts
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Description: Autograph document, signed by Destouches, dated 6 March 1781. The document is titled "Escadre du Roi commandee par M. Destouches". Two lists labled "Ordre de Marche" and "Ordre de Bataille" list French divisions and ships. Explanatory text follows the lists. Dated at the bottom of the first page; written on board the ship Duc de Bourgogne. The verso is blank. Title supplied by cataloger.
Extent: 1 document (2 p.) ; 32 cm.
Identifier: mssDE 57
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll7/id/10286
Language: French
French
Subject: Destouches, Charles-René-Dominique Sochet, 1727-1794
Duc de Bourgogne (Ship)
Warships--France--Early works to 1800
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Participation, French
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Naval operations
Military records France 18th century. (aat)
Military records United States Revolution, 1775-1783. (aat)
Source: Papers of Charles-René-Dominique Sochet Destouches, 1754-1804 (bulk 1780-1781) ; Orderly Books of the American Revolution.
mssDE Box 2
Manuscripts, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance: Purchased from the American Art Association, 1926.

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