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Borda, Jean Charles de, 1733-1799 to unknown [in French]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.213 Author/Creator: Borda, Jean Charles de, 1733-1799 Place Written: s.l. Type: Note signed Date: August 17, 1778 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 9.5 cm, Width: 13.8 cm Order a Copy

Translation reads: "In consequence of the orders of the Count D'Estaing, the ship Provence will send to the Protector Ship 'Canot' which from the fleet at 'Bombs of Thunder' or else the one which was sent by the General to him." Letter written on board the Languedoc. Numbered "No. 73." Order for French ships.

Borda, Jean Charles de, 1733-1799
Hector, Jean Baptiste Charles Henri, Comte D'Estaing (Marquis de Saillans)., 1729-1794

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