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Letter signed. This letter is in the handwriting of Alexander Hamilton. 1 1/2 pages, 4to. "Head Quarters, Orange Town." With an autograph translation into French by Rochambeau, half page, 4to., 1780 Aug 16 Box 1, Folder 10

Information that the enemy is preparing an embarkation involving 2,000 troops, but that the destination is, as yet, unknown.

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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. Washington, George

Letter signed. This letter is in the handwriting of Alexander Hamilton. 1 page, 4to. Headquarters near West Point. With an autograph translation into French by Rochambeau, half page, 4to., 1780 Sep 26 Box 1, Folder 20

Informs Rochambeau of the treason of Benedict Arnold. Date changed from September 27. 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. xxvii and between pp. 240 and 241.

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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. Washington, George

Letter signed. This letter is in the handwriting of Alexander Hamilton. 1 page, folio. Headquarters, New Windsor. With an autograph translation into French by Rochambeau, 1 page, 4to.; and with address sheet bearing the franking signature of Washington., [17]81 Feb 7 Box 1, Folder 44

Acknowledges the intelligence information contained in Rochambeau's letter of Jan. 29th regarding a storm which had dispersed the British squadron blockading the French fleet in Newport.

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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. Washington, George

Letter signed. This letter is in the handwriting of Alexander Hamilton. 1 page, folio. Highlands, New York. With an autograph translation into French by Rochambeau, half page, 4to., 1780 Jul 31 Box 1, Folder 6

Advises him that Clinton has sailed with the principal part of his forces (about 8,000 men).

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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. Washington, George

Letter signed. This letter is in the handwriting of Alexander Hamilton. 2 pages, 4to. "Head Quarters New Bridge." With a manuscript intelligence report to Washington, from Philadelphia. 1 page, folio. [Philadelphia, September, 1780.] Also with an autograph translation into French by Rochambeau, to which is added a translation of the enclosure, 3 1/2 pages, 4to., 1780 Sep 13 Box 1, Folder 18

A renewal of the proposal to meet at Hartford on September 20th. The report states that Count de Guichen, with the French West Indies fleet, was supposed to be sailing for Rhode Island.

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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. Washington, George

Letter signed. This letter is in the handwriting of Alexander Hamilton. 2 pages, 4to. Headquarters, New Windsor. With an autograph translation into French by Rochambeau, 1 1/4 pages, 4to., 1781 Jan 24 Box 1, Folder 39

Account of the mutiny of the New Jersey troops.

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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. Washington, George

Letter signed. This letter is in the handwriting of Alexander Hamilton. 2 pages, folio. Headquarters. With a copy of a letter to Chevalier de La Luzerne, 1 1/2 pages, folio. Peekskill. With an autograph translation of both letters into French by Rochambeau, 3 pages, 4to., 1780 Aug 5 Box 1, Folder 8

Military intelligence and projects, Clinton's return with his fleet to Long Island and Washington's removal to Dobbs Ferry. For the letter to La Luzerne, see: Oversize Boxes, box 41, folder 648. This letter concerns the measures to be taken in regard to the expected arrival of the second division of the French army.

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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. Washington, George

Letter signed. This letter is in the handwriting of Alexander Hamilton. 3 1/2 pages, 4to. "Head Quarters Liberty Pole in Bergen County." With an autograph translation into French by Rochambeau, 2 pages, 4to., 1780 Sep 3 Box 1, Folder 14

News of Clinton soliciting spies; dismissal of the principal part of the militia which were called out for three months; and a reference to a visit to Rochambeau by an Indian delegation.

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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. Washington, George