Reports, 1778-1779.

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Reports, 1778-1779.

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Official narrative of the actions of the French fleet in North American and West Indian waters during the Revolution under the command of Comte Charles Hector d'Estaing.

32 p. ; 33 cm. (bound).

Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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Estaing, Jean Baptiste Charles Henri Hector, 1729-1794.

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Jean-Baptiste-Charles-Henri-Hector d'Estaing was born in Ravel, France, on November 24, 1729, the son of Charles-François d'Estaing, the Marquis de Salliant, and Marie-Henriette Colbert de Maulevrier. He served as a military officer during the War of Austrian Succession and the Seven Years' War. He spent most of the latter conflict in India, where he was promoted to lieutenant general in 1762, and was governor of Saint-Domingue (now Haiti) from 1764-1766. D'Estaing was promoted to vice admiral i...