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Miscellaneous manuscripts, ca. 1763.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Misc Mss Box 4 Folder 15
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- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author/Creator:
- Choiseul, Etienne-François, duc de, 1719-1785.
- Language:
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Great Britain. Royal Navy--History--18th century.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain. Royal Navy.
- History.
- Genre:
- Manuscripts, French.
- Manuscripts, European.
- Penn Provenance:
- Purchased, 1967.
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (12 leaves)
- Contained In:
- Miscellaneous Manuscripts. Box 4 Folder 15
- Other Title:
- Notions à prendre sur la constitution de la marine d'Angleterre.
- Place of Publication:
- ca. 1763.
- Language Note:
- In French.
- Biography/History:
- French nobleman who served as secretary of state for foreign affairs, naval minister (1761-1766), and minister of war (1766-1770) under Louis XV, particularly influential during the Seven Years' War.
- Summary:
- Information on the British navy sent by Choiseul to the duc de Nivernais, French ambassador to London, around the end of the Seven Years' War. The information is divided into four sections: Sur les officiers des vaisseaux, leur service à la mer & dans les portes; Sur la formation, solde & récompense des equipage; De l'armament, equipement et [r]avitaillement des vaisseaux; De l'administration des effets dans les sorts & des dépenses.
- Notes:
- Watermark: "Pro Patria" above crowned lion with sword and seated woman with helmet and wand, all above a bell.
- Cited in:
- Described in Hirsch, Rudolf. Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Libraries of the University of Pennsylvania to 1800: Supplement A(1). The Library Chronicle, 1969, p. 28 (Ms. French 130).
- OCLC:
- 79414272
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