Thomas de Russy's account of his naval service, New York, September 18, 1820
1820
MSS L2019F71
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Title
Thomas de Russy's account of his naval service, New York, September 18, 1820
Published
New York 1820
Description
[3] p. on 2 conjugate leaves ; 33 cm.
Call Number
MSS L2019F71
Note
Partially printed document signed by Thomas De Russy.
At head: "New-York Mayor's Court. In the court of common pleas, called the Mayor's court of the City of New-York ..."
A declaration in application for reinstatement for pension in which De Russy wrote an account of his naval service under Commodore John Paul Jones in 1779: "[H]e embarked on the sloop of War Pallas ... whence they sailed for L'Orient where they Joined commodore Paul Jones commanding the U.S. armed ship Bonhomme Richard and hoisted American flag & pennant ... they made several cruises round the British Isles ... under the command of Paul Jones and at the end of September fell in with the British fleet from the Baltic and attacked them and took two principal men of war Serapis and countess Scarborough."
The petition also includes an inventory of his possessions, including more than two hundred books, which he had been forced to sell for his subsistence.
De Russy was born in Saint Malo, France and recruited by Benjamin Franklin to serve during the revolutionary war. He settled in New York in the late eighteenth century and earned his living teaching French. De Russy's petition was rejected by Secretary of War John C. Calhoun, but eventually his widow secured his pension.
At head: "New-York Mayor's Court. In the court of common pleas, called the Mayor's court of the City of New-York ..."
A declaration in application for reinstatement for pension in which De Russy wrote an account of his naval service under Commodore John Paul Jones in 1779: "[H]e embarked on the sloop of War Pallas ... whence they sailed for L'Orient where they Joined commodore Paul Jones commanding the U.S. armed ship Bonhomme Richard and hoisted American flag & pennant ... they made several cruises round the British Isles ... under the command of Paul Jones and at the end of September fell in with the British fleet from the Baltic and attacked them and took two principal men of war Serapis and countess Scarborough."
The petition also includes an inventory of his possessions, including more than two hundred books, which he had been forced to sell for his subsistence.
De Russy was born in Saint Malo, France and recruited by Benjamin Franklin to serve during the revolutionary war. He settled in New York in the late eighteenth century and earned his living teaching French. De Russy's petition was rejected by Secretary of War John C. Calhoun, but eventually his widow secured his pension.
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