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Estaing, Charles Henri, comte d', 1729-1794 to Comte de Davat [in French]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07282.01 Author/Creator: Estaing, Charles Henri, comte d', 1729-1794 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 19 May 1779 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 19.7 cm, Width: 15.4 cm Order a Copy

Regarding a sailor. Written aboard the Languedoc.

D'Estaing, Jean Baptiste Charles Henri Hector, 1729-1794

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