The operations of the French fleet under the Count de Grasse in 1781-2 / as described in two contemporaneous journals ; [edited by John Dawson Gilmary Shea].
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : [s.n.], 1864. |
| Description | 216 p., [2] leaves of plates : port., plan. |
| Supplemental Content | Gale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Shea, John Gilmary, 1824-1892. |
| Other author/creator | Goussencourt, chevalier de. |
| Other author/creator | Grasse, François Joseph Paul de Grasse, comte de, 1722-1788. |
| Included Work | Girod-Chantrans, Justin, 1750-1841. Voyage d'un suisse dans différentes colonies d'Amérique pendant la dernière guerre. English. Selections. |
| Included Work | Rodney, George Brydges Rodney, Baron, 1719-1792. |
| Series | Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926 Bradford club series ; n. 3 Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926. UNAUTHORIZED Bradford Club series ; n. 3. ^A686698 |
| Contents | Introduction -- Francis Joseph Paul de Grasse-Rouville, count de Grasse, marquis de Tilly -- A journal of the cruise of the fleet of His Most Christian Majesty, under the command of the Count de Grasse-Tilly, in 1781 and 1782 / the Chevalier de Goussencourt -- Journal of an officer in the naval army in America, in 1781 and 1782 -- Appendix: Letter from Count de Grasse to General Washington, 23 September, 1781. Letter of General Washington, 22 September, 1781. Account of de Grasse's conquest of Tobago, from the Gazette de France, Aug. 10, 1781. Journal of the operations of the fleet, abridged from the Gazette de France, 20 November. Actions of April 9 and 12 [extracted from "Voyage d'un Suisse dans differentes colonies d'Amérique" by J. Girod-Chantrans]. Rodney's account of the actions of April 9 and 12. |
| Local note | Library's copy is subscriber's copy #12. |
| General note | "One hundred and fifty copies printed"--verso, t.p. |
| General note | The name "Chevalier de Goussencourt," under which the first journal was issued, appears to be a pseudonym.--Cf. Pref. |
| General note | The second journal was written "by a friendly hand, if not his [de Grasse's] own."--Cf. p. 21. |
| General note | Includes index. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from Huntington Library. |
| General note | Sabin no. 28332. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| References | RLIN, CTRG04-B298 |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
| Other title | Gazette de France. |
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