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BALCH, Thomas (1821-1877)

Lot 94
21.11.2022 12:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 94 | BALCH, Thomas (1821-1877)
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BALCH, Thomas (1821-1877) Manuscrit pour la seconde partie de l'ouvrage Les français en Amérique pendant la guerre de l'Indépendance des Etats 1777-1783, [circa 1872]

In-8 (223 x 180 mm), cahier ligné, 183 pp. manuscrites à l'encre brune sur 183 ff., page de titre manuscrite reprenant le lieu et l'éditeur du premier volume du livre paru en français, pagination continue pour chacune des deux parties du manuscrit. Reliure façon "drapeau américain" : demi-toile rayée rouge et blanc, pièce de titre en chagrin bleu.

Manuscrit, inédit dans sa version originale en français, de la seconde partie de l'ouvrage de l'historien Thomas Balch détaillant la participation française à la guerre de l'Indépendance des Etats-Unis. Probablement de la main de Thomas Balch, cette mise au propre correspond à la seconde partie de l'ouvrage phare de l'auteur, faisant suite à une première partie expliquant les causes de la guerre de l'Indépendance et donnant un compte-rendu détaillé du déroulé de la guerre et notamment de l'expédition Française. Publié à Paris en 1872, le premier volume annonce un retard dans la publication du second, l'auteur ayant du "reprendre en sous-oeuvre [son] manuscrit terminé" de la seconde partie. Seule la traduction anglaise de l'ouvrage, réalisée par les enfants de l'auteur, comporte un second volume correspondant au contenu de ce manuscrit, paru en 1895. Le manuscrit est séparé en deux parties, la première listant les régiments français ayant servi en Amérique en 1777 et 1783 et la seconde apportant des éléments biographiques sur les officiers français ayant participé à cette guerre, "soit comme engagés volontaires [...], soit dans l'Expédition Française". Les Français en Amérique Pendant la Guerre de l'Indépendance des États-Unis, The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 15, No. 3, 1891, p. 366

Manuscript for the second part of Les français en Amérique by American historian Thomas Balch, unpublished in its original French version. A detailed study register of French army and officers in the American Independence war
Place of origin:France
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