Physical Description:
1 letter (4 p.) ; 32 cm. Notes:
Autograph letter, signed, describing French naval operations.
Approximately half of the letter is written in numerical code,
paragraphs of which are interspersed between lines of manuscript
text. In the opening paragraph La Luzerne mentions Benedict
Arnold's activities in the Chesapeake Bay. The letter is dated at
the head of the first page, and is signed by La Luzerne at the
bottom of the third page. The numberical code has been translated
into French in another hand. The fourth page is blank. Title
supplied by cataloger. Subjects:
La Luzerne, Anne-César, chevalier de, 1741-1791. ; Destouches,
Charles-René-Dominique Sochet, 1727-1794. ; Philadelphia (Pa.) ;
Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.) ; Ciphers -- Early works to 1800. ;
Admirals -- France -- Correspondence. ; Arnold, Benedict,
1741-1801. ; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 --
Cryptography. ; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783
-- Participation, French. ; United States -- History -- Revolution,
1775-1783 -- Naval operations. ; United States -- History --
Revolution, 1775-1783 -- British forces. 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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