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Title
Letter, to Charles-René-Dominique Sochet Destouches, 1781 March
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
1781-03
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Manuscripts
Rights Information
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Description
Autograph letter, signed, describing French naval operations and other logistical details. The letter is signed on the third page; a postscript follows the signature. The fourth page bears the address to Destouches in Newport, Rhode Island, with the remnant of a red wax seal. Title supplied by cataloger.
Extent
1 letter (4 p.) ; 20 cm.
Identifier
mssDE 44
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll7/id/10199
Language
French
French
Subject
La Pérouse, Jean-François de Galaup, comte de, 1741-1788
Destouches, Charles-René-Dominique Sochet, 1727-1794
Newport (R.I.)
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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