Physical Description:
1 letter (4 p.) ; 32 cm. Notes:
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. Subjects:
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. Form/Genre:
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) 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. Cataloging Notes:
Ternay, Charles-Henri-Louis d'Arsac, 1722-1780 is not established.
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