LS, 1782 May 17 : Williamsburgh, to [General Washington?].

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LS, 1782 May 17 : Williamsburgh, to [General Washington?].

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Reports "to your Excellency, the particulars of the naval engagement between Count de Grasse and Mr. Rodney ... I have ordered three volleys of artillery to be fired on this occasion, as this battle has occasioned the joining of the Spanish fleet by Count de Grasse at St. Domingo."

2 p. ; 22 x 18 cm.

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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