Citation - Continental Journal: 1782.10.24

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Index Entry Concert, in Versailles, Queen cancelled because of news of de Grasse defeat 
Location Versailles 
Citation
CJ-B.782.057
24 Oct 1782:31 (349)
Extract of a letter from Paris, dated May 31.  The Court has
at last received the original dispatches of the Count de
Grasse, respecting the unhappy affair of the 12th of April.
. . [column describing reaction of French nobility and
people to replace ships lost in action]
The Queen shares this misfortune with her Royal consort. On
that melancholy occasion she countermanded a concert that
was to be given in her apartment.


Generic Title Continental Journal 
Date 1782.10.24 
Publisher Gill, John 
City, State Boston, MA 
Year 1782 
Bibliography B0015878
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