San Marino. The Huntington Library, DE 3

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  • mssDE 3
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Date
  • May 15, 1781
Language
  • French
Title
  • Letter : Duc de Bourgogne (ship), to Charles-René-Dominique Sochet Destouches, 1781 May 15.
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Description
  • Physical Description:
    1 letter (1 p.) ; 32 cm.
    Notes:
    Autograph letter from Barras to Destouches, dated 15 May 1781 on Barras' printed letterhead with seal, written on board the ship Duc de Bourgogne and signed by Barras' scribe Granchain. Barras directs Destouches to take command of the ship Neptune and equip it with all lieutenants, auxiliary officers and mariners immediately. Signed on board the Duc de Bourgogne, 15 Mai 1781. Verso of the leaf is blank.
    Subjects:
    Barras, Jacques-Melchior, comte de, 1719-1793. ; Destouches, Charles-René-Dominique Sochet, 1727-1794. ; Admirals -- France -- Correspondence. ; Warships -- France. ; Duc de Bourgogne (Ship)
    Form/Genre:
    Letters (correspondence) France 18th century. (aat) ; Letters (correspondence) United States Revolution, 1775-1783. (aat)
    Physical Collection:
    Papers of Charles-René-Dominique Sochet Destouches, 1754-1804 (bulk 1780-1781) ; Orderly Books of the American Revolution.
    Provenance:
    Purchased from the American Art Association, 1926.
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