THOMAS DE SAINT-LAURENT, Joseph Jean; de. Letter addressed to his brother at the castle of La Bastide-d'Engras, near Uzès (Gard).
Cap Français, 29th December 1788
8vo; 200x155 mm. Four handwritten pages in brown ink. Heading with place, date and wax seal on rear. Small loss on margin of the third page with small lacking text. Good copy afterall.
Joseph Jean de Thomas, 3rd Count of Thomas de Saint-Laurent (1787), Lord of Saint-Laurent La Vernède and La Bastide-d'Engras (1787), was a French naval lieutenant who participated in the American Campaign as part of Comte d'Estaing's squadron.
At the time of this letter he was Adjutant Major of the 6th Squadron aboard the King's Frigate La Vestales in the port of Cap Français, Santo Domingo.
He describes how since his arrival in Santo Domingo he has been suffering cruelly “from an anthrax that has reached his right hand”. He has just visited M. de Ponseyrol, commander of the artillery, and learns that his boat was about to leave for Port-de-Paix 'étant actuellement destiné à la station de cette rade'.