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- GLC#
- GLC03898
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- January 9, 1779
- Author/Creator
- Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834
- Title
- to Arthur St. Clair
- Place Written
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Pagination
- 1 p. : address : docket : free frank
- Language
- English
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Discusses Major General St. Clair's court martial and acquittal. St. Clair was court martialed in 1778 for evacuating Fort Ticonderoga, without a fight against the superior British forces in 1777. Letter written aboard the ship Alliance off the coast of Boston.
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