Records, 17th-20th centuries.

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Records, 17th-20th centuries.

Consists of selections from series B1-2, 3-5, 7-8, E, G, CC7, 1247 and BB7, 139 (John Paul Jones), 1-4JJ (service hydrographique) and MS 289 (Chevalier d'Olivari) in Paris and materials from the Port de Brest (dossier of Pierre Landais), the Port de L'Orient (series 1P, 2P, and 1E4), the Port de Toulon, and the Etats Abreges de la Marine Français.

39,200 items.259 containers.544 microfilm reels.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8074388

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Landais, Peter, 1731?-1820

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Naval officer. Also known as Pierre Landais. From the description of Papers of Peter Landais, 1782-1785. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71014872 ...

Jones, John Paul, 1747-1792

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Naval hero of the United States Revolutionary War and founder of the United States Navy. From the description of Typescript, [19--]. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58758919 John Paul Jones, American naval officer. He was commissioned a lieutenant in the U. S. Navy in 1775, and captain in 1776. In 1778 he began rading the English coast; a year later he commanded the Bon Homme Richard in its victory over the Serapis. After the Revolution, he went t...

France. Marine

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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...