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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