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Autograph letter signed. 1 page, 4to. [Chesapeake Bay], "a 8 heur sur Matin." Addressed on p. 4., 1781 Oct 7 Box 3, Folder 199

Concerns the bombardment of Yorktown by the French and American forces, which he had heard from the Bay.

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  4. FRENCH NAVY IN AMERICA
  5. Grasse, François Joseph Paul de Grasse, comte de

Autograph letter signed. 1 page, 4to. [Chesapeake Bay; there is a pencil notation at the bottom of the first page of the letter, "(ca. Oct. 1, 1781).] Addressed on p. 4., 1781 [Oct 1] Box 3, Folder 197

A demand that the French navy be kept informed of the progress of the siege of Yorktown, by receiving a daily bulletin.

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  5. Grasse, François Joseph Paul de Grasse, comte de

Autograph letter signed. 1 page, 4to. [Newport]., 1781 Feb 1 Box 3, Folder 209

A comment on a letter Rochambeau had sent him with news from Europe. He says that if the French forces in America were not reinforced, there was no hope for a successful campaign.

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  5. Destouches, Charles René Dominique Sochet

Autograph letter signed. 1 page, 4to. Philadelphia., [1781] Jun 22 Box 3, Folder 164

News of the arrival of a British convoy and of a small reinforcement for the garrisons of Charleston, St. Augustine, etc.

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  5. La Luzerne, Anne-César, chevalier de

Autograph letter signed. 1 page, 4to. Philadelphia. With an autograph translation into French by Rochambeau, half page, narrow 12mo., 1781 Sep 4 Box 2, Folder 92

The President of Congress thanks Rochambeau following the review of the French army on its march to Virginia. This letter is listed and reproduced in The American Campaigns of Rochambeau's Army 1780, 1781, 1782, 1783, trans. and ed. by Howard C. Rice, Jr., and Anne S. K. Brown, Vol. I, p. xviii and between pages 60 and 61.

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Autograph letter signed. 1 page, 4to. Providence. With Greene's franking signature., 1781 Jun 2 Box 2, Folder 75

Informs Rochambeau that a portion of the militia troops would be ready by the 5th of June, and sets out the arrangements for the transport of baggage from Newport to Providence.

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  2. ROCHAMBEAU PAPERS AND ROCHAMBEAU FAMILY CARTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVE, 1669-1823
  3. Correspondence to Rochambeau, 1780-1794
  4. GEORGE WASHINGTON AND OTHER AMERICANS
  5. Greene, William