San Marino. The Huntington Library, DE 108 (B)

Source

Huntington Digital Library

Library

The Huntington Library

Shelfmark

• mssDE 108 (B)

Biblissima authority file

• https://data.biblissima.fr/entity/Q248767

Date

• January 16, 1781

Language

• French

Title

• Letter : Philadelphia, to Charles-René-Dominique Sochet Destouches, 1781 January 16.

Agent

• Preferred form

  • Anne-César de La Luzerne (1741-1791)

  Original form

  • La Luzerne, Anne-César, chevalier de, 1741-1791, author.

  Biblissima authority file

  • https://data.biblissima.fr/entity/Q248012

• Preferred form

  • Charles-René-Dominique Sochet (1727-1793?)

  Original form

  • Destouches, Charles-René-Dominique Sochet, 1727-1794, addressee.

  Biblissima authority file

  • https://data.biblissima.fr/entity/Q248046

Description

• Physical Description:
  1 letter (6 p.) ; 32 cm.
  Notes:
  Autograph letter, signed, describing French naval operations and activities of British forces. The letter is written in numerical code, and is decoded, by Destouches, in French. "Duplicate" is written in the upper left-hand corner of the first page; the letter is dated "A Philadelphie le 16 Janvier 1781" at the top of the first page. The letter is addressed to Destouches in the lower left-hand corner of the first page. On the sixth and last page are three lines of conclusion, in French, with La Luzerne's signature. Title supplied by cataloger.
  Subjects:
  La Luzerne, Anne-César, chevalier de, 1741-1791. ; Destouches, Charles-René-Dominique Sochet, 1727-1794. ; Philadelphia (Pa.) ; Admirals -- France -- Correspondence. ; Ciphers -- Early works to 1800. ; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Participation, French. ; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Naval operations. ; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- British forces. ; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Cryptography.
  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.

Rights

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Digitisation

• https://hdl.huntington.org/digital/collection/p15150coll7/id/10580

Manifest URL

• https://cdm16003.contentdm.oclc.org/iiif/info/p15150coll7/10580/manifest.json