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Aboville, Francois Marie, comte de, 1730-1817 to Henry Knox [in French]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01350 Author/Creator: Aboville, Francois Marie, comte de, 1730-1817 Place Written: Williamsburg, Virginia Type: Manuscript letter signed Date: 10 February 1782 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 31 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

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.)

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Aboville, Francois Marie, comte de, 1730-1817
Rochambeau, Jean-Baptiste-Donatien de Vimeur, comte de, 1725-1807

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