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Autograph Letter Signed, Paris June 8, 1762, to an unidentified recipient

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Autograph Letter Signed, Paris June 8, 1762, to an unidentified recipient

by d’Estaing, Jean Baptiste Charles Henri Hector, Comte, (1729-1794)

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small quarto, one page, formerly folded, in very clean, legible condition, fine. Jean Baptiste Charles Henri Hector, comte d’Estaing, French general and admiral who fought in the American War for Independence. He began his service as a soldier in the Seven Years War, spending time as a prisoner of war of the British. Following the entry of France into the Revolutionary War in 1778, he led a fleet to aid the American rebels, and participated in failed Franco-American attacks on Rhode Island and the Siege of Savannah. He returned to France in 1780. D’Estaing was subsequently executed in the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution. The letter reads: “On ne peut être, Monsieur, plus flatté que je le suis des marques d’amitiés et de souvenir que vous avés la bonté de me donner; vous êtes assurément du nombre de ceux qu’on n’oublie point lorsqu’on s’eu l’honneur de les connaitre; la reconnaissance m’y oblige, les marques d’amitiés que vous avez bien voulu me donner sur le Superbe me sont toujours présentes; je partage bien sincèrement nos regrets sur notre ami commun, pénétré comme je le dois de tout ce que vous me marques; je n’en fais trop de cas pour n’en pas proffitter de ce que je ne prevois nullement aravit; soyeé persuadé de la vérité de ces deux choses. Je suis à Calais, et à Dunkerque ce n’est pas le chemin de Brest, ce n’est même-celui de nul part, ainsi j’imagine que je ne serai de longtemps dans le cas heureux de loger chez vous et d’augmenter les obligations que je vous ai déjà croyés que je choisirai toujours les- occasions de me raprocher de vous renouveller tous les sentiments avec lesquels j’ai l’honneur d’être. …”

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Michael Brown Rare Books, LLC US (US)
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Title
Autograph Letter Signed, Paris June 8, 1762, to an unidentified recipient
Author
d’Estaing, Jean Baptiste Charles Henri Hector, Comte, (1729-1794)
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Manuscript
Book Condition
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Keywords
Paris France Jean Baptiste Charles Henri Hector Comte d'Estaing French General admiral American Revolution War for Independence Seven Years War Reign of Terror Military History

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