[Quotations from the Marquis de Chastellux about Henry Knox]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01275 Author/Creator: Place Written: Yorktown, Virginia Type: Manuscript document Date: October 1781 Pagination: 2 p. : Order a Copy
Later copy. Paraphrases quotations by the Marquis de Chastellux that praise the activities of Knox and the artillery in aiding the siege of Yorktown. Chastellux was one of three major French generals sent with General Rochambeau to assist in the Battle of Yorktown.
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