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Grasse, François Joseph Paul de Grasse, Comte de, 1722-1788 to Adhemar Marquis de Monteil [in French]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04322.05 Author/Creator: Grasse, François Joseph Paul de Grasse, Comte de, 1722-1788 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 14 October 1781 Pagination: 2 p. : address ; 24 x 18 cm. Order a Copy

Rejects Monteil's complaints from a previous letter (GLC04322.04). Written on board de Grasse's ship, the Ville de Paris, in Chesapeake Bay.

Grasse, François Joseph Paul de Grasse, comte de, 1722-1788
Monteil, Adhemar, Marquis de, 1725-1787

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