Physical Description:
1 table (2 p.) ; 30 cm. Notes:
Printed table with autograph title and notes, written on board the
ship Duc de Bourgogne, dated April 10, 1780, and signed by
Granchain de Semerville. The autograph title at the head of the
sheet reads: "Table servant a indiquer le mot du guet a la mer".
Below the printed table are nine (9) lines of autograph notes,
followed by Granchain's signature and the date. The verso of this
leaf is blank. Title supplied by cataloger. Subjects:
Granchain de Semerville, Guillaume-Jackques Liberge de, comte de,
1744-1805. ; Communications, Military. ; Signs and symbols. ;
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Participation,
French. ; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 --
Naval operations. ; United States -- History -- Revolution,
1775-1783 -- Communications. Form/Genre:
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:
Granchain de Semerville, Guillaume-Jacques Liberge de, comte de,
1744-1805 is not established.
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