Written by a junior Naval officer (name illegible) on 17 June 1794, HMS QUEEN CHARLOTTE at Spithead; a cutting from auction catalogue with description of letter; a print depicting portraits of seven Admirals (Caldwall, Graves, Gardiner, Bowyer, Howe, Paisley and Bridport) with a separate inscription "Commemoration of the victory of June 1st MDCCXCIV", both mounted on a piece of card.
The letter gives a precise account of the action, the events leading up to it and the aftermath.

Administrative / biographical background
Battle of the First of June, also called Battle of the Glorious First of June or Battle of Ushant, (June 1, 1794), the first great naval engagement of the French Revolutionary Wars, fought between the French and the British in the Atlantic Ocean about 430 miles (690 km) west of the Breton island of Ouessant (Ushant). The battle arose out of an attempt by the British Channel fleet, under Admiral Earl Richard Howe, to intercept a grain convoy from the United States that was being escorted into Brest, France, by the French Atlantic fleet, under Rear Admiral Louis Thomas Villaret-Joyeuse. (Encyclopedia Britannica).