Autograph letter, unsigned, from Castries to Grasse. The letter is written in two different hands; the manuscript writing on the second page has been ascribed to that of Destouches. At the head of the first page is written: "Copie de la lettre de IIIr le III al' De Cas [?] a IIIr". Pages 1 and 2 contain writing; pages 3 and 4 are blank. Title supplied by cataloger.
Castries, Charles Eugene Gabriel de la Croix, marquis de, 1727-1801 Grasse, Francois Joseph Paul de Grasse, comte de, 1722-1788 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 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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