Physical Description:
1 letter (4 p.) ; 24 cm. Notes:
Autograph letter, signed, describing French efforts, and reports of
British activities in New York newspapers. The letter is on the
first page, dated and signed; pages 2-3 are blank; page 4 bears the
address to Destouches in Newport, Rhode Island and a red wax seal.
Title supplied by cataloger. Subjects:
Penevert. ; Destouches, Charles-René-Dominique Sochet, 1727-1794.
; New London (Conn.) ; Newport (R.I.) ; 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. 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:
Penevert is not established.
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