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Fabre, Charles. Lettercopy book largely to Admiral Reynaud, 1855, May 9-1864, May 3 Bound Bound

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1855, May 9-1864, May 3
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Bound in marbelized paper over board with linen spine Name of C. Fabre found on p. 21 and 40; personal reference in an invitation on page 17 Several missing pages Letters chiefly to Admiral Aime Felix Saint Elme Reynaud, 1808-1876, French naval commander, reporting ship movements from on board the Gregeios while stationed at Bone, Algeria, 1855-1856 (p. 1-20) and on board the steamer Catinat, 1861-1864 (p. 20-114) reporting from Brest, Halifax, New York, Hampton Roads, New Orleans, Fort Royal in Martinique, Bermuda, Caracas, and Havana Includes two extracts from the log of the Catinat for 1861, Aug. 23-Sept 1 and Sept. 26-Oct. 8 (p. 40 and 43); letter of 1862, June 8, addressed to American rear admiral, Louis Malesherbes Goldsborough, 1805-1877 (p. 55-56); a letter of 1863, Feb. 27 reporting on a voyage to Caracas, Venezuela (p. 73-74); drawing of half-figure of a naval officer on p. 97; personages and events of the American Civil War, especially Benjamin Franklin Butler, 1818-1893 (passim), and (amont other), Nathan Prentiss Banks, Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard, Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte, Jefferson Davis, David Glasgow Farragut, William Henry Seward, the Monitor and the Merrimac Battle at Hampton Roads (p. 59-62), Black troops and slavery (p. 92-95, 102-109), the Red River Campaign of 1863 (p. 100-102), and William Tecumseh Sherman See bookseller's description in Vertical File In French
  1. Bound in marbelized paper over board with linen spine
  2. Name of C. Fabre found on p. 21 and 40; personal reference in an invitation on page 17
  3. Several missing pages
  4. Letters chiefly to Admiral Aime Felix Saint Elme Reynaud, 1808-1876, French naval commander, reporting ship movements from on board the Gregeios while stationed at Bone, Algeria, 1855-1856 (p. 1-20) and on board the steamer Catinat, 1861-1864 (p. 20-114) reporting from Brest, Halifax, New York, Hampton Roads, New Orleans, Fort Royal in Martinique, Bermuda, Caracas, and Havana
  5. Includes two extracts from the log of the Catinat for 1861, Aug. 23-Sept 1 and Sept. 26-Oct. 8 (p. 40 and 43); letter of 1862, June 8, addressed to American rear admiral, Louis Malesherbes Goldsborough, 1805-1877 (p. 55-56); a letter of 1863, Feb. 27 reporting on a voyage to Caracas, Venezuela (p. 73-74); drawing of half-figure of a naval officer on p. 97; personages and events of the American Civil War, especially Benjamin Franklin Butler, 1818-1893 (passim), and (amont other), Nathan Prentiss Banks, Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard, Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte, Jefferson Davis, David Glasgow Farragut, William Henry Seward, the Monitor and the Merrimac Battle at Hampton Roads (p. 59-62), Black troops and slavery (p. 92-95, 102-109), the Red River Campaign of 1863 (p. 100-102), and William Tecumseh Sherman
  6. See bookseller's description in Vertical File
  7. In French
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