Documents relating to the French participation in the American Revolution 1768-1793

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Documents relating to the French participation in the American Revolution 1768-1793

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Collection consists of documents relating to France's secret and open role on behalf of the American Revolution. Includes letters and documents related to Philippe Charles Jean Baptiste Tronson du Coudray; material on the mobilization of the French fleet, including letters and reports from Pierre-Louis, Chevalier de Monteil, Antoine de Sartine, comte d'Alby, Charles Eugène Gabriel de la Croix, Marquis de Castries, and Bernardo de Gálvez; papers related to France's role in the Caribbean and its alliance with the Spanish forces, including several reports by Diego José Navarro; French rule of Santo Domingo after the Treaty of Paris; and other materials including documents related to naval confrontations between the French and British fleets, the supplying of Rochambeau's army, the termination of hostilities, including an assessment of France's gains and losses, the repatriation of French troops, and Franco-American commerce after the revolution.

0.4 linear feet (1 box); Other formats include 1 portfolio

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Navarro, Diego José.

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Archives du Maréchal de Castries Stamp.

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Gálvez, Bernardo de, 1746-1786

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Bernardo de Gálvez, born in Marchavariaya, Spain, July 23, 1846, to Matias de Gálvez and Josefa Gallardo Madrid, served as a Spanish military officer and as the fourth Spanish governor of colonial Louisiana. From the description of Bernardo de Gálvez letter, 1779. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 70831364 Spanish governor of Louisiana. From the description of Bernardo de Gálvez letter, 1778 July 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 154690371 ...

Tronson du Coudray, Charles, 1738-1777

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Rochambeau, Jean-Baptiste-Donatien de Vimeur, comte de, 1725-1807

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Count Rochambeau was Commander of the French troops during the American Revolution. From the description of LS, 1782 May 17 : Williamsburgh, to [General Washington?]. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 13880974 Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau (July 1, 1725 – May 10, 1807) was a French aristocrat, soldier, and a Marshal of France who participated in the American revolution. From the guide to the Rochambeau Speech in Willi...

Monteil, Pierre-Louis, chevalier de.

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Castries, Charles Eugène Gabriel de La Croix, marquis de, 1727-1800

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Charles Eugène Gabriel, Marquis de Castries, was a commander of the cavalry in the French Army who in 1780, was named Minister of Navy to King Louis XVI and in 1783 became Maréchal of France. From the description of Papers [manuscript]. 1779-1785. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225717146 In 1743, when the 16 year-old Charles de Castries received a commission as Lieutenant in the Régiment du Roi, Infanterie, it would have been hard to predict just h...

Sartine, Antoine de, comte d'Alby, 1729-1801

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Navarro, Diego José.

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