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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) | 3 | 3 | Browse | Search |
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks) | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10 | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Prevalaye , Pierre Dimas , Marquis de (search)
Prevalaye, Pierre Dimas, Marquis de
Naval officer; born near Brest, France, in 1745; joined the navy in 1760; participated in the American Revolutionary War; served under d'estaing at Newport in 1778; had charge of the batteries in the siege of Savannah in October, 1779, was with De Grasse at Yorktown; and was promoted rear-admiral in 1815.
His publications include Memoir on the campaign of Boston in 1778; Memoir of the naval and army operations of Count d'estaing during the American War, etc. He died near Brest, July 28, 1816.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Uniforms of the American army. (search)