(AMERICAN REVOLUTION) Manuscript account of the wreck of the

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(AMERICAN REVOLUTION.) Manuscript account of the wreck of the French ship "La Bourgogne." 4 folio pages on one leaf; reinforced with cello tape at folds. Np, [1783]

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A French account of the shipwreck of "La Bourgogne," a ship carrying 74 cannons and 1100 French troops en route to the West Indies after service in the American Revolution. It ran aground off the coast of Venezuela, resulting in the loss of all but a few hundred of the crew.