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Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834 To: Jean B. Gouvion.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07904 Author/Creator: Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1780/06/30 Pagination: 2 p. : docket : Height: 20 cm, Width: 16 cm Order a Copy

Lafayette informs Gouvion of "good news," Rodney has been defeated in two different engagements and six of his vessels have for some time been out of combat."

Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834
Gouvion, Jean Baptiste, 1747-1792
Rodney, George B., fl. 1780

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