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- GLC#
- GLC05467
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- June 1781
- Author/Creator
- Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834
- Title
- to George Washington
- Place Written
- s.l.
- Pagination
- 2 p. : docket ; Height: 20.6 cm, Width: 33.1 cm
- Language
- English
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Lafayette reports on his activities and strategy fighting Cornwallis in Virginia. Notes that he has avoided general actions and adds laconically that "His Lordship [Cornwallis] seems to have given up the Conquest of Virginia." Explains that the American forces were smaller, a fact they had to keep secret. Discusses military movements. Docketed and dated by Jared Sparks, possibly included in his biography of George Washington.
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