Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834 to Arthur St. Clair
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03898 Author/Creator: Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: January 9, 1779 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket : free frank Order a Copy
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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