Physical Description:
1 letter (2 p.) ; 34 cm. Notes:
Autograph order on Grasse's armorial letterhead, dated December 14,
1781. Order to receive on board the Hector (ship) as a prisoner,
Mr. Corneik(?) Michicman(?), from the Hercule (ship). Written on
board the Ville de Paris (ship). Verso of leaf is blank. Title
supplied by cataloger. Subjects:
Grasse, Francois Joseph Paul de Grasse, comte de, 1722-1788. ;
Ville de Paris (Ship) ; Hector (Ship) ; Hercule (Ship) ; Prisoners
-- Transportation. ; United States -- History -- Revolution,
1775-1783 -- Participation, French. 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.
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