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Title: Letter : Versailles, to Charles-René-Dominique Sochet Destouches, 1779 March 12
Creator: Sartine, Antoine de, comte d'Alby, 1729-1801, author
Contributor: Destouches, Charles-René-Dominique Sochet, 1727-1794, addressee
Date Created and/or Issued: 1779-03-12
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Manuscripts
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Description: Autograph letter, signed, describing French naval operations. The letter is dated Versailles, le 12 Mars 1779 at the top of the first page, and is signed by Sartine on the second page. Marginal notes in Destouches' hand appear on the second page. Title supplied by cataloger.
Extent: 1 letter (2 p.) ; 32 cm.
Identifier: mssDE 80
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll7/id/10334
Language: French
French
Subject: Sartine, Antoine de, comte d'Alby, 1729-1801
Destouches, Charles-René-Dominique Sochet, 1727-1794
Versailles (France)
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 1
Manuscripts, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance: Purchased from the American Art Association, 1926.

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