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Aboville, Francois Marie, comte de (1730-1817) to Henry Knox [in French]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01350 Author/Creator: Aboville, Francois Marie, comte de (1730-1817) Place Written: Williamsburg, Virginia Type: Manuscript letter signed Date: 10 February 1782 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 31 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

Discusses abandoned cannon in Virginia. Writes at the urging of the Comte de Rochambeau, who is sure Knox was unaware of them. (See GLC02437.01365, Knox's response, written in English.)

Library of Congress lists Aboville's first name as Marie Francois, but almost every other source available lists it as Francois Marie.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Aboville, Francois Marie, comte de, 1730-1817
Rochambeau, Jean-Baptiste-Donatien de Vimeur, comte de, 1725-1807

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