San Marino. The Huntington Library, DE 34

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Shelfmark
  • mssDE 34
Biblissima authority file
Date
  • April 1781
Language
  • French
Title
  • Letter : on board the Astree, to Charles-René-Dominique Sochet Destouches, April 1781.
Agent
  • Preferred form
    • Jean-François de Galaup La Pérouse (comte de, 1741-1788)
    Original form
    • La Pérouse, Jean-François de Galaup, comte de, 1741-1788, author.
    Biblissima authority file
  • Preferred form
    • Charles-René-Dominique Sochet (1727-1793?)
    Original form
    • Destouches, Charles-René-Dominique Sochet, 1727-1794, addressee.
    Biblissima authority file
Description
  • Physical Description:
    1 letter (4 p.) ; 21 cm.
    Notes:
    Autograph letter, signed, describing French naval operations. Letter is signed and dates by La Pérouse on the second page; the third page is blank; the fourth page bears an address to Destouches in Rhode Island, with the remnants of a red wax seal. Title supplied by cataloger.
    Subjects:
    La Pérouse, Jean-François de Galaup, comte de, 1741-1788. ; Destouches, Charles-René-Dominique Sochet, 1727-1794. ; Admirals -- France -- Correspondence. ; Portsmouth (N.H.) ; 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.
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