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Sartine, Antoine de, comte d'Alby, 1729-1801 Copie de la lettre ecrite par M de Sartine a M. le Cte de Grasse [in French]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04322.01 Author/Creator: Sartine, Antoine de, comte d'Alby, 1729-1801 Place Written: Versailles, France Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 1 June 1780 Pagination: 2 p. 31.8 x 20.3 cm. Order a Copy

Copy of a letter informing de Grasse that his orders are being transmitted. The instructions are listed in GLC04322.02. Expectes de Grasse to accept this command, assuming he is in good health.

Sartine, Antoine de, comte d'Alby, 1729-1801
Grasse, François Joseph Paul de Grasse, comte de, 1722-1788

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