10 February 1782

Aboville, Francois Marie, comte de, 1730-1817

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox [in French]

Discusses abandoned cannon in Virginia. Writes at the urging of the Comte de Rochambeau, who is sure Knox was unaware of them. (See GLC02437.01365, Knox's response, written in English.)

GLC02437.01350

1 January 1781

Aboville, Francois Marie, comte de, 1730-1817

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Related to the artillery of Rochambeau's army] [In French]

Signed by "d'Aboville," Colonel Francois Marie, comte de Aboville. Also signed by Gau as commissary of artillery and by Nadal as director of the artillery park. A third signature is illegible. Lists artillery equipment and munitions for a siege by the army of the Comte de Rochambeau for the 1781 campaign.

GLC02437.10016

January 28, 1781

Aboville, Francois Marie, comte de, 1730-1817

Manuscript document signed

Title: Account of the guns and principal artillery ammunitions compounding both equipage for the seige and field in the Rochambeau's Army at 28 January

Signed by "d'Aboville," Colonel Francois Marie, comte de Aboville. Also signed by Gau as commissary of artillery and by Nadal as director of the artillery park. A third signature is illegible. Docket, in Samuel Shaw's hand, indicates, "Ordnance stores with the French Army at Newport. 28 Jany 1781." This is an English-language copy of GLC02437.10016.

GLC02437.10017