Title: Letter signed by Champagny, ordering release of three captains of American ships, who had been held as prisoners Author: Champagny, Jean-Baptiste de Nompère de, 1st Duc de Cadore Place: Paris Publisher: Date: Feb. 6, 1810 Description: 18 lines, in ink, on 1st page of 4-page lettersheet 12¼x7¾, docketed on the 4th page. Jean-Baptiste de Nompère de Champagny (1756-1834), French minister for foreign affairs, directs that three American captains of merchant ships, apparently seized as part of the attempted blockade of Great Britain, be freed. The note seems to have been sent to the master of the General Armstrong, an American privateer what was to gain fame in 1814 when it defeated a force of three British ships. A translation reads in part, "There has been addressed in the name of Messrs. Doolittle, Wyle and Taubman, captains of American ships... they ask for their liberty..." Lot Amendments Condition: Fine condition. Item number: 202678
Title: Letter signed by Champagny, ordering release of three captains of American ships, who had been held as prisoners Author: Champagny, Jean-Baptiste de Nompère de, 1st Duc de Cadore Place: Paris Publisher: Date: Feb. 6, 1810 Description: 18 lines, in ink, on 1st page of 4-page lettersheet 12¼x7¾, docketed on the 4th page. Jean-Baptiste de Nompère de Champagny (1756-1834), French minister for foreign affairs, directs that three American captains of merchant ships, apparently seized as part of the attempted blockade of Great Britain, be freed. The note seems to have been sent to the master of the General Armstrong, an American privateer what was to gain fame in 1814 when it defeated a force of three British ships. A translation reads in part, "There has been addressed in the name of Messrs. Doolittle, Wyle and Taubman, captains of American ships... they ask for their liberty..." Lot Amendments Condition: Fine condition. Item number: 202678
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