Autograph letter, signed, describing French naval operations off the eastern seaboard. The letter is dated "le 14 X.bre 1780" and is addressed to Ternay at the bottom of the first page. The letter contains references to Boston, Chesapeake Bay, Baltimore, Bermuda, the "Cte. de Rochambeau" and General Washington. The letter is signed by La Luzerne on the third page. Six lines of postscript are written on the third and fourth pages, below La Luzerne's signature. Title supplied by cataloger.
La Luzerne, Anne-César, chevalier de, 1741-1791 Ternay, Charles-Henri-Louis d'Arsac, 1722-1780 Philadelphia (Pa.) Rochambeau, Jean-Baptiste-Donatien de Vimeur, comte de, 1725-1807 Washington, George, 1732-1799 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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