/ Letter : Boston, to Charles-Henri-Louis d'Arsac Ternay (?), 1780 January 5

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Title: Letter : Boston, to Charles-Henri-Louis d'Arsac Ternay (?), 1780 January 5
Creator: Capellis, Hippolyte Louis Antoine, marquis de, 1744-1813, author
Contributor: Ternay, Charles-Henri-Louis d'Arsac, 1722-1780, addressee
Date Created and/or Issued: 1780-01-05
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Manuscripts
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Description: Autograph letter, signed, describing French naval operations. The letter is dated January 5, 1780 in Boston, at the top of the first page. The letter is signed by Capellis on the second page. Ternay is the presumed recipient. Title supplied by cataloger.
Extent: 1 letter (2 p.) ; 24 cm.
Identifier: mssDE 87
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll7/id/10468
Language: French
French
Subject: Capellis, Hippolyte Louis Antoine, marquis de, 1744-1813
Ternay, Charles-Henri-Louis d'Arsac, 1722-1780
Boston (Mass.)
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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