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Title
Letter : on board the Astree, to Charles-René-Dominique Sochet Destouches, 1781 April 23
Creator
La Pérouse, Jean-François de Galaup, comte de, 1741-1788, author
Contributor
Destouches, Charles-René-Dominique Sochet, 1727-1794, addressee
Date Created and/or Issued
1781-04-23
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Manuscripts
Rights Information
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Description
Autograph letter, signed, describing French naval operations. The letter is signed by La Pérouse at the bottom of the second page, and is dated at the end of the third page. The fourth page bears an address to Destouches in Newport, Rhode Island, and a red wax seal. Title supplied by cataloger.
Extent
1 letter (4 p.) ; 21 cm.
Identifier
mssDE 45
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll7/id/10230
Language
French
French
Subject
La Pérouse, Jean-François de Galaup, comte de, 1741-1788
Destouches, Charles-René-Dominique Sochet, 1727-1794
Admirals--France--Correspondence
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Participation, French
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Naval operations
Newport (R.I.)
Letters (correspondence) France 18th century. (aat)
Letters (correspondence) United States Revolution, 1775-1783. (aat)
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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