Physical Description:
1 letter (2 p.) ; 32 cm. Notes:
Autograph letter, signed, describing French naval operations. The
letter is dated 22 June 1778 at the top of the first page, and is
signed by Sartine at the bottom of the first page. Notes in a
different hand are in the lower left-hand corner of the first page.
Verso is blank. Title supplied by cataloger. Subjects:
Sartine, Antoine de, comte d'Alby, 1729-1801. ; Destouches,
Charles-René-Dominique Sochet, 1727-1794. ; Versailles (France) ;
Admirals -- France -- Correspondence. ; 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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