[Letter] 1779 févr. 17 [to] M. Bingham / Estaing.

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[Letter] 1779 févr. 17 [to] M. Bingham / Estaing.

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Estaing writes concerning an exchange of prisoners with an American diplomat, likely William Bingham of Philadelphia, Pa., who served as consul in Martinique. In the letter he mentions Lafayette.

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Smith College, Neilson Library

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