Charles-Eugène-Gabriel, maréchal de Castries papers 1722-1814.

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Charles-Eugène-Gabriel, maréchal de Castries papers 1722-1814.

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The Castries papers include four major areas of interest: The civil and military administration of French Caribbean colonies; French participation in the American Revolution; the 1784 trial to fix blame for the defeat of the French Navy at the Battle of Saints Passage, 1782; and Royalist conspiracies against the French Republic during the 1790s.

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William L. Clements Library

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William L. Clements Library

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