A collection of 9 letters in various secretarial hands from Antoine Sartine, Marly and Versailles, between May 7, 1779 and March 20, 1780 : to Charles René-Dominique Sochet, Chevalier Destouches

A collection of 9 letters in various secretarial hands from Antoine Sartine, Marly and Versailles, between May 7, 1779 and March 20, 1780 : to Charles René-Dominique Sochet, Chevalier Destouches

Versailles ; Marly 1779-1780

9 items.

MSS L1983.120

Most concern fitting the warship Le Pluton for duty: nos. 1 and 2, the new masts; nos. 3 and 7, her armament; no. 4, necessary repairs; and no. 9, her rediness for battle.
Number 6 informs Destouches that Sartine will present the former's name for the Order of St. Louis; no. 8 recognizes Destouches' wish for active service but notes that the King's orders prevent such action at the moment.
Sartine was the French Ministre de la Marine; Destouches was assembling a squadron and commanded Le Pluton off the Virginia coast and in the Battle of the Capes.
Destouches was an original member of the French Society of the Cincinnati.
Some torn in margins, not affecting text.
Purchased in memory of the Duc de Levis-Mirepoix, French Society

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