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Manuscript, partly autograph, signed, in double column; consisting of 8 pages, folio, with the "Propositions" in French, in the right hand columns; in the left hand columns are the replies of Washington translated into French; all the above being in the hand of a secretary, except the postscriptum of one page, in the autograph of Rochambeau, a signed comment of Barras at the end of Proposition 2, and a short note by Barras at the end of the 5th Proposition; signatures of Rochambeau and Barras at the end of the 5th Proposition. Also: Barras, Comte de. Letter signed, to Rochambeau. 1 page, 4to. Newport. 17 Mai 1781.

The decision to engage the British in Virginia rather than attack New York. They go on to present three possible scenarios after the French fleet's arrival in the Chesapeake and suggested action regarding each. This is Rochambeau's file copy.