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- Call Number:
- GEN MSS 491
- Collection Title:
- Louis-Antoine de Bougainville journals, 1778-1782.
- Container / Volume:
- Box 2 | Folder 18
- Image Count:
- 4
- Abstract:
- The second set, dated 1781 Mar 22 - 1782 May 1, is written in nine notebooks. The journals begin with the departure of the fleet from Brest for the Antilles, where it stayed until August, when it sailed to the North American coast to provide assistanc...
- Description:
- Bougainville, French naval commander under d'Estaing and de Grasse in the American Revolution. He commanded the ship-of-the-line Guerrier under d'Estaing, and as rear-admiral commanded the Auguste under de Grasse.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Boston Harbor Islands (Mass.)--Maps, United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Maps, United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Naval operations, United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Participation, French, United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives, West Indies--History--1775-1783, and Yorktown (Va.)--History--Siege, 1781
- Subject (Name):
- Estaing, Charles Henri,--comte d',--1729-1794 and Grasse, François Joseph Paul de Grasse,--comte de,--1722-1788
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Campagne aux ordres du Cte. De Grasse