Autograph receipt for services, signed by Granchain, describing pay for Destouches' service as commander of the Neptune. Receipt contains 8 lines, plus a total amount. Written on board the ship Duc de Bourgogne, and dated 1st November, 1781. Verso of sheet is blank. Title supplied by cataloger.
Granchain de Semerville, Guillaume-Jacques Liberge de, comte de, 1744-1805 Destouches, Charles-René-Dominique Sochet, 1727-1794 Duc de Bourgogne (Ship) Receipts (Acknowledgments) Legal documents United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Participation, French Neptune (Ship) Letters (correspondence) France 18th century. (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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