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Title
Letter : Versailles, to Charles-René-Dominique Sochet Destouches, 1779 April 13
Creator
Sartine, Antoine de, comte d'Alby, 1729-1801, author
Contributor
Destouches, Charles-René-Dominique Sochet, 1727-1794, addressee
Date Created and/or Issued
1779-04-13
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Manuscripts
Rights Information
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Description
Autograph letter, signed, describing an announcement to Destouches. The letter is dated 13 Avril 1779, in Versailles. The verso is blank. Title supplied by cataloger.
Extent
1 letter (2 p.) ; 32 cm.
Identifier
mssDE 81
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll7/id/10448
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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