Period Manuscript Copy of “Capitulation de Pondichery” (Treaty of Pondicherry) Outlining the French Terms of Surrender to the British, Signed after the 1778 Siege of Pondicherry, Including Articles on Where the French Commander Would Stay After the Siege, That French Structures Are To Remain in Their Original State, and That French Sailors Were To Be Sent to the Isle of France. [Ca. early 1780s].
Historically Significant Archive of Manuscripts and Period Copies Relating to French Naval and Land Engagements on the East Coast of India and the Cape Verde Islands between 1781 and 1783, Led by Vice-Admiral Pierre André de Suffren as part of the 1778-1783 Anglo-French War, Including the Battles of Porto Praya (16 April 1781), Sadras (17 February 1782), Providien (12 April), Negapatam (6 July), Trincomalee (3 September), and Cuddalore (20 June 1783). [Ca. 1781-1785].