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Unknown An Accurate and Impartial Narrative of the War (French Revolution)

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.622.03 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: London, England Type: Book signed Date: 1796 Pagination: 1 v. : 135 p. ; 18.5 x 13 cm Order a Copy

Signed by Augustin Prevost. Title continues: by an officer of the guards, in two volumes, comprising of the campaigns of 1793, 1794 and the retreat through Holland to Westphalia in 1795. This is volume 1. Color engraving of a Hungarian foot soldier on second page. There is a traced image in pencil of the soldier on the other side of the page. Same page that Prevost signed. Published by Cadell and Davies, Strand.

Prevost was a British officer and possibly the son of Theodosia Bartow Prevost Burr from a previous marriage. She married Aaron Burr in 1783 after being widowed.

Prevost, Augustin, fl. 1771-1796

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