French letters
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Baron Jean de Lustrac Papers on Admiral Comte de Grasse Monument
Collection — 7 folders
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-224
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and clippings documenting Baron Jean de Lustrac's attempt to erect a monument in downtown Norfolk, Virginia in honor of French Admiral Francois Joseph Paul Comte de Grasse, whose success in the Battle of the Chesapeake in 1781 led to the British surrender at Yorktown, Virginia. The collection also includes correspondence and clippings relating to de Lustrac's acquiring of 10 replica cannons for Yorktown, suggesting to name the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel after de Grasse, and...
Dates:
created: 1964, 1968-1973; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/0000
Found in:
Sargeant Memorial Collection
Letters to Madame Montalant
Collection — 1 folder
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-614
Scope and Contents
Two 1840s letters written in French and sent to Madame Montalant in Angers, France.
Dates:
created: circa 1840, 1849; Other: Date acquired: 02/04/2010
Found in:
Sargeant Memorial Collection