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Title: Letter : on board the Astree, to Charles-René-Dominique Sochet Destouches, 1781 April 6
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: 1781-04-06
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Manuscripts
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Description: Autograph letter, signed by La Pérouse, written on board the ship Astree and dated 6 April 1781. The letter is written on a single folded sheet; pages 2-3 are blank. Page 4 bears the address to Destouches in Newport, Rhode Island. Title supplied by cataloger.
Extent: 1 letter (4 p.) ; 21 cm.
Identifier: mssDE 13
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll7/id/10094
Language: French
French
Subject: La Pérouse, Jean-François de Galaup, comte de, 1741-1788
Destouches, Charles-René-Dominique Sochet, 1727-1794
Astree (Ship)
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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