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Collection Reference Number GLC03902.117
From Archive Folder The Joshua Mauger Archive: Correspondence regarding Nova Scotia politics and mercantile affairs 
Title James D'Auvergne to Joshua Mauger about Spain's neutrality and a French-British naval battle
Date 24 October 1778
Author D'Auvergne, James (fl. 1771-1788)  
Recipient Mauger, Joshua  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Worries that Spain may no longer be neutral. Writes of a naval engagement between French and British ships. the British lost and the paroled prisoner are making their way home through Spain.
Subjects Global History and Civics  Government and Civics  France  Canada  Soldier's Letter  Navy  Military History  
People D'Auvergne, James (fl. 1771-1788)  Mauger, Joshua (1725-1788)  
Place written Palace Yard, London, England
Theme The American Revolution; Naval & Maritime; Foreign Affairs
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859