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Chamborant, André-Claude, marquis de, 1732-1805 to Baron von Reidesel

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.079 Author/Creator: Chamborant, André-Claude, marquis de, 1732-1805 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: circa 1770-1780 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 20.5 cm, Width: 17 cm Order a Copy

Autograph letter signed in the third person. Reidesel was a Hessian general in the Revolutionary War. Chamborant was a French hussar leader.

Friedrich Adolph, Baron von Riedesel, 1738-1800
Chamborant, André-Claude, marquis de, 1732-1805

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