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Villeneuve, Alexandre-Marie Ducrest de, 1813-1893 [to the commander of the C.S.S. Georgia] [in French]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04572.10 Author/Creator: Villeneuve, Alexandre-Marie Ducrest de, 1813-1893 Place Written: Cherbourg, France Type: Letter signed Date: 26 November 1863 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 34 cm, Width: 22 cm Order a Copy

No. 2367. Signed as a Major General of the French Navy. Believes that William Cullen is a French sailor named Bouvier. Cullen claims that the North American (United States) commercial vessel he was on was sunk by the Georgia. Villeneuve asks that the man's story be confirmed and requests to know the name of the vessel and the state of its origin.

Villeneuve, Alexandre-Marie Ducrest de, 1813-1893
Nillenum, A. Deuritt, fl. 1850-1863
Maury, William Lewis, 1813-1878

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