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"Published as the act directs…by F. Moore & Compy, June 3d, 1783." Copperplate engraving on paper of a design for a textile handkerchief commemorating the siege. Center medallion depicts the British naval officers rescuing drowning French sailors whom they had just defeated in battle. Includes portraits & accounts the battle by Sir George Augustus Eliott and Sir Roger Curtis: "Extract from Genl. Elliott's letter to the Secretary of State published in the London gazette."; "Sr. Rogr. Curtis in his letter to the Lords of the Admiralty published in the London gazette ..." Library copy backed on linen.

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