Physical Description:
1 letter (4 p.) ; 32 cm. Notes:
Autograph letter, unsigned, describing French naval operations. The
letter is dated "le 6 Janvier 1780" at the bottom of the second
page, and is written on board the French frigate Surveillante. A
postscript of 9 lines is on the third page. The fourth page is
blank. Title supplied by cataloger. Subjects:
Villeneuve, Pierre-Charles-Jean-Baptiste-Silvestre de, 1763-1806. ;
Hancock, John, 1737-1793. ; Surveillante (Frigate) ; 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:
Villeneuve, Pierre-Charles-Jean-Baptiste-Silvestre de, 1763-1806 is
not established.
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