Manuscript letter from La Pérouse to Destouches, written on board the French frigate Astree off the coast of Nantucket, Dated 17 April 1781 pn p. 3, below La Pérouse's signature. La Pérouse writes that he is back and 3 leagues off Boston, and has had good winds. La Pérouse has been obliged to lend the ship Friendship 2 of his crew members and 20 gallons of rum. The fourth page bears an address to Destouches in Newport, and bears a red wax seal.
La Pérouse, Jean-François de Galaup, comte de, 1741-1788 Destouches, Charles-René-Dominique Sochet, 1727-1794 Admirals--France--Correspondence Astree (Ship) Boston (Mass.) United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Participation, French United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Naval operations 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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