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Letter signed. 2 pages, folio. Head- quarters, Passaic Falls. With an autograph translation into French by Rochambeau, 1 page, 4to., 1780 Nov 16 Box 1, Folder 28

Military intelligence relating to fleet activity.

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Letter signed. 2 pages, folio. "Head Quarters Prackness." With an autograph translation into French by Rochambeau, 1 page, 4to., 1780 Oct 14 Box 1, Folder 23

Agrees to Rochambeau's plans for winter quarters for the French army.

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Letter signed. 2 pages, folio. Partly in code, with interlinear decode. Newport., 1781 Aug 12 Box 4, Folder 220

Proposes a raid on Newfoundland. He also writes of the dangers of trying to bring the French fleet into New York harbor.

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  5. Barras, Jacques Melchior, comte de Saint Laurent

Letter signed. 2 pages, folio. Partly in code, with interlinear decode. Newport., 1781 Jul 13 Box 4, Folder 213

Requests that Rochambeau inform him of the plans that are being made for cooperation with the fleet of Admiral de Grasse. He describes the mishaps of an expedition made against a force of Loyalists who were supposed to be on Block Island.

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Letter signed. 2 pages, folio. Partly in code, with interlinear decode. With an enclosure, in French, 2 pages 4to. Philadelphia., 1781 Apr 24 Box 3, Folder 156

Sends extracts from letters of Vergennes and Castries regarding the failure of Admiral de Monteil to send five additional ships to Rhode Island.

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Letter signed. 2 pages, folio. Philadelphia., 1780 Aug 14 Box 2, Folder 126

Informs Rochambeau that he has written to Vergennes that the French assistance must be effective, if given at all. He also explains why the supplies bought for the French army have cost so much. The date has been corrected from "Juillet" at top.

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Letter signed. 2 pages, folio. Philadelphia., 1780 Dec 5 Box 2, Folder 132

Extends an invitation to further visits by French officers to Pennsylvania; and expresses the hope that Rochambeau himself can pay a visit to Congress. He gives news of operations of the British in Chesapeake Bay, and in the Carolinas.

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Letter signed. 2 pages, folio. Philadelphia., 1781 Jan 10 Box 2, Folder 138

Further news of the revolt of the Pennsylvania troops, with a description of their rejection of the offers of an emissary from Clinton.

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Letter signed. 2 pages, folio. Philadelphia., 1781 May 8 Box 3, Folder 159

Concerns the crash of the Continental currency. A sentence which has been heavily marked over relates to the Washington letter criticizing the French Admirals.

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