Admiral Rodney A.L.S. London, Sept. 24, 1784 : to Rt. Hon.ble Earl Temple [George Grenville], [s.l.]
1784
MSS L1983.119.2 MB
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Title
Admiral Rodney A.L.S. London, Sept. 24, 1784 : to Rt. Hon.ble Earl Temple [George Grenville], [s.l.]
Published
London 1784
Description
[8; p, ; 24 cm.
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MSS L1983.119.2 MB
Note
A catalog of the virtues of his former enemy, the Count de Grasse, whom he had captured in the West Indies during the American Revolution. De Grasse later faced a board of inquiry brought on by what Rodney considered "the tongues of envy, malice and detraction."
"... [W]hen I think of Count De Grasse and the reward he has received for his long and meritorious services and reflect on his conduct during his command of the French fleet in the West Indies, his dilligence, activity, bravery and nice order the fleet under his command ... which the hand of Providence alone could defeat .... I ... am sorry that France has forsook her old mariners ...."
The third Earl Temple was George Grenville, whose name was legally changed to George Nugent-Temple-Grenville in 1779. In December, 1784, he became Marquess of Buckingham.
De Grasse was an original member of the French Society of the Cincinnati.
Purchased with funds contributed by Harry Ramsey Hoyt, Esq. in memory of W. Barclay Lex of the Pennsylvania Society.
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"... [W]hen I think of Count De Grasse and the reward he has received for his long and meritorious services and reflect on his conduct during his command of the French fleet in the West Indies, his dilligence, activity, bravery and nice order the fleet under his command ... which the hand of Providence alone could defeat .... I ... am sorry that France has forsook her old mariners ...."
The third Earl Temple was George Grenville, whose name was legally changed to George Nugent-Temple-Grenville in 1779. In December, 1784, he became Marquess of Buckingham.
De Grasse was an original member of the French Society of the Cincinnati.
Purchased with funds contributed by Harry Ramsey Hoyt, Esq. in memory of W. Barclay Lex of the Pennsylvania Society.
Digitized image available.
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