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D'Auvergne, James, fl. 1771-1788 to Joshua Mauger

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03902.117 Author/Creator: D'Auvergne, James, fl. 1771-1788 Place Written: London, England Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 24 October 1778 Pagination: Order a Copy

Worries that Spain may no longer be neutral. Writes of a naval engagement between French and British ships. the British lost and the paroled prisoner are making their way home through Spain. Was written in the Palace Yard.

Watson, Brook, 1735-1807
Mauger, Joshua, 1725-1788
Halifax, George Montagu-Dunk, Earl of, 1716-1771
Grenville, George, 1712-1770
Sandwich, John Montagu, 4th Earl of, 1718-1792
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778

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