Physical Description:
1 receipt (2 p.) ; 32 cm. Notes:
Autograph receipt for services, signed by Granchain, describing pay
for Destouches' service as commander of the Neptune. Receipt
contains 8 lines, plus a total amount. Written on board the ship
Duc de Bourgogne, and dated 1st November, 1781. Verso of sheet is
blank. Title supplied by cataloger. Subjects:
Granchain de Semerville, Guillaume-Jacques Liberge de, comte de,
1744-1805. ; Destouches, Charles-René-Dominique Sochet, 1727-1794.
; Duc de Bourgogne (Ship) ; Receipts (Acknowledgments) ; Legal
documents. ; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 --
Participation, French. ; Neptune (Ship) Form/Genre:
Letters (correspondence) France 18th century. (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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