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Title: Bedford. Line of Battle 14 February 1782 Sr. S. Hood (docket title)
Place of Origin: On board HMS Barfleur, Basseterre Road, St. Christopher
Date: 1782-02-13
Series Heading: M281. Hood, Samuel, 1st viscount Hood, 1724-1816.
Geography: Great Britain, Saint Kitts
Subject: Great Britain. Royal Navy -- Officers, Anglo-French War, 1778-1783, United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Naval operations, West Indies -- History -- 1775-1783, Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816, Grasse, Franc¸ois Joseph Paul de Grasse, comte de, 1722-1788, Basseterre (Saint Kitts and Nevis), Frigate Bay, Battle of, Saint Kitts and Nevis, 1782, West Indies -- History, Ship names -- West Indies, Agamemnon (Ship), Barfleur (Ship)
Notes: "Line of Battle The Torbay to lead on the Starboard And the America on the Larboard } Tack... To Captn. Graves Commander of His Majs. Ship the Bedford... Given under my hand on board his Majesty's Ship the Barfleur in Basseterre Road St. Christophers, the 13th February 1782... Saml Hood... By Command of the Rear Admiral W: Hunt"Hood's final engagement against De Grasse at Basseterre. Ships' names, places in line, commanders' names, numbers of guns and men, battle movements.Five months after his unsuccessful efforts to prevent De Grasse's fleet from entering the Chesapeake to aid the Americans, Hood re-engaged the French naval officer at St. Kitts. In January 1782 De Grasse sailed to resume attacks on the British islands of Nevis and St. Kitts. Hood followed, discovered the French off Basseterre, engaged De Grasse on 24 January, and through bold movements was able to turn the French out of their anchorage. Enraged at having been outwitted, De Grasse made two attempts to oust Hood, who successfully repelled both while sustaining heavy losses. Determined to defend the island garrison, Hood eventually capitulated on 13 February, yielding St. Kitts. Hood was able to slip his entire fleet past the French through a brilliant maneuver executed in the dead of night, and on the morning of the 15th De Grasse discovered the anchorage empty. The 11th EB states that Hood's clever tactics were "the most brilliant things done by any British admiral during the war.", Original digital object name: bei-m281, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Bordeaux, 12 Aug. 1778. ALS to Pocquet de Puilhery
Place of Origin: Bordeaux (Aquitaine, France)
Date: 1778-08-12
Series Heading: M258. Texier, Mme., fl. 1778.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786, Orvilliers, M. le comte d' (Louis Guillouet), -- 1708-1792, United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- French participation, United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Naval operations, Ushant, Battle of, 1778, Coffee trade, West Indies -- History
Notes: "Dear Sir I am now to acknowledge the Receipt of yr very kind and obliging Letter... It will give me pleasure to hear that [all your family] have been carried safely thro the Small-pox... His most Xtian Majesty it seems hath concluded a Treaty of Friend Ship between France and the United States of America..." signed "David Jeffries", Original digital object name: bei-m258, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Guadeloupe, 12 Nov. 1778. ALS to "Monsieur terrason Negt. a york...
Place of Origin: Guadeloupe
Date: 1778-11-12
Series Heading: M261. Pléville Le Pelley, Georges René, 1726-1805.
Geography: Guadeloupe
Subject: United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- French participation, United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Naval operations, France -- History, Naval -- 18th century -- Early works to 1800, France. Marine -- History -- 18th century, Ship captains -- France -- Biography, Grand Languedoc (Ship), Merchants -- Maryland -- Baltimore -- History -- 18th century, West Indies -- History
Notes: Samuel Barrett and Co. (firm).Cannon, beef, and rum., Original digital object name: bei-m261, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

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