Physical Description:
1 letter (2 p.) ; 31 cm. Notes:
Autograph letter, signed, describing the positions of English ships
off the coast of New York. Manuscript maps, including Plum Island,
showing the positions of English frigates are drawn in the upper
third of the letter, below the first seven lines of text. The
letter is dated in the lower left-hand corner of the first page.
Page 2 is blank. Title supplied by cataloger. Subjects:
Penevert. ; Destouches, Charles-René-Dominique Sochet, 1727-1794.
; New London (Conn.) ; Admirals -- France -- Correspondence. ;
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Participation,
French. ; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 --
British forces. ; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783
-- Naval operations. ; Plum Island (N.Y.) -- Maps. Form/Genre:
Letters (correspondence) France 18th century. (aat) ; Letters
(correspondence) United States Revolution, 1775-1783. (aat) ;
Manuscript maps 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:
Penevert's name is not established.
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