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The Operations of the French fleet under the Count de Grasse in 1781-2, as described in two contemporaneous journals.

Accession number
PML 3459
Published
New York, 1864.
Credit line
Purchased with the Irwin collection, 1900.
Notes
The name "Chevalier de Goussencourt," under which the first journal was issued, appears to be a pseudonym. cf. Pref.
"One hundred and fifty copies printed."
Edited by John Dawson Gilmary Shea.
The second journal was written "by a friendly hand, if not his [de Grasse's] own." cf. p. 21.
"Subscriber's copy. no. 14."
Description
216 p. incl. plan. front. (port.) pl. 27 cm.
Provenance
Irwin collection; Pierpont Morgan.
Binding
Three-quarter red morocco.
Classification
Department