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PROPERTY OF THE LATE COMTE LOUIS DE CHASTELLUX
LAFAYETTE, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de (1757-1834). Autograph letter to François-Jean de Beauvoir, Chevalier de Chastellux, Paris, 29 June 1782.
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LAFAYETTE, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de (1757-1834). Autograph letter to François-Jean de Beauvoir, Chevalier de Chastellux, Paris, 29 June 1782.
In French, two pages, 200 x 160mm, bifolium, blindstamped "ARCHIVES DE CHASTELLUX" at top right.
Lafayette on the rise of British sea power after the French naval defeat at the Saintes: "the misfortunes in the islands will disabuse us for a long time of any notion of superiority." Back in Pairs, during his mission on behalf of Washington to seek additional naval support from France, Lafayette reflects on the news of the recent naval defeat that doomed the French attempt to invade Jamaica after fleet of Royal Navy ships under George Rodney roundly defeated DeGrasse's French fleet at the Battle of the Saintes on 9 and 12 April 1782. After complaining of hearing no news from his cousin, Lafayette asks him to "Speake of me, please to Rochambeau and to all our friends." He also mentions a "story about America," told by Hillard d'Auberteuil, but "it is too incomplete to disturb your plans in any way." D'Auberteuil's second volume of Essais historiques et politiques sur les Anglo-américains,had appeared in print in 1782. Provenance: François-Jean de Beauvoir, Marquis de Chastellux (1734-1788) – by descent to the consignor.
In French, two pages, 200 x 160mm, bifolium, blindstamped "ARCHIVES DE CHASTELLUX" at top right.
Lafayette on the rise of British sea power after the French naval defeat at the Saintes: "the misfortunes in the islands will disabuse us for a long time of any notion of superiority." Back in Pairs, during his mission on behalf of Washington to seek additional naval support from France, Lafayette reflects on the news of the recent naval defeat that doomed the French attempt to invade Jamaica after fleet of Royal Navy ships under George Rodney roundly defeated DeGrasse's French fleet at the Battle of the Saintes on 9 and 12 April 1782. After complaining of hearing no news from his cousin, Lafayette asks him to "Speake of me, please to Rochambeau and to all our friends." He also mentions a "story about America," told by Hillard d'Auberteuil, but "it is too incomplete to disturb your plans in any way." D'Auberteuil's second volume of Essais historiques et politiques sur les Anglo-américains,had appeared in print in 1782. Provenance: François-Jean de Beauvoir, Marquis de Chastellux (1734-1788) – by descent to the consignor.