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Villeneuve, Alexandre-Marie Ducrest de (1813-1893) [to the commander of the C.S.S. Georgia] [in French]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04572.09 Author/Creator: Villeneuve, Alexandre-Marie Ducrest de (1813-1893) Place Written: Cherbourg, France Type: Letter signed Date: 18 November 1864 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 34 x 22 cm. Order a Copy

No. 388. Mentions William Cullen, a member of the Georgia crew, who is actually a French deserter.

Villeneuve, Alexandre-Marie Ducrest de, 1813-1893
Nillenum, A. Deuritt, fl. 1850-1863
Maury, William Lewis, 1813-1878

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