Memoire apolegetique [i.e., apologétique], de M. Douin de la Motte, chevalier, capitaine d'une compagnie detacheé de la marine, au cap, Ile St. Domingue : contenant, ses griefs contre Monsieur le comte d'Estaing, commandeur des ordres du Roy très chretien, et representant sa personne a St. Domingue, et les raisons qui le forçent a venir chercher un azile dans les etats du Roy d'Angleterre.

Author/creator Douin de la Motte
Format Electronic
Publication InfoA Charleston [S.C.] : De l'imprimerie de Pierre Timothee, M,DCC,LXV. [1765]
Description21 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 23 cm
Supplemental ContentEvans Digital Edition
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SeriesEarly American imprints. First series ; no. 10032. ^A478749
General noteConcerning a military promotion promised but not granted by the Count d'Estaing, commanding officer of French troops at Santo Domingo, and justifying the author's subsequent flight to evade imprisonment.
General noteWith an English translation of the text, p. [12]-21. Caption title: Apology of M. Douin de la Motte, knight ... contaning [sic], a vindication of his conduct against the Count d'Estaing ... with the reasons that compelled him to claim an asylum in the dominions of His Britannick Majesty.
References Evans 10032
References Gould & Morgan. South Carolina, 226
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 10032).

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