Autograph letter signed. 2 pages, 4to. Mount Vernon.

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Rochambeau Papers and Rochambeau Family Cartographic Archive (GEN MSS 146) > Series I: Correspondence to Rochambeau > GEORGE WASHINGTON AND OTHER AMERICANS > Washington, George > Autograph letter signed. 2 pages, 4to. Mount Vernon.


2011972

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Title
Autograph letter signed. 2 pages, 4to. Mount Vernon.
Creator
From the Collection: Rochambeau family
Published / Created
1784 Feb 1
Description
Writes of the end of the Revolutionary War and his retirement to Mount Vernon, and states, "I shall recollect with pleasure, that we have been Contemporaries & fellow labourers in the cause of liberty, and that we have lived together as Brothers should do - in harmony & friendship." This letter differs in many details with the letter printed in The Writings of George Washington, ed. John C. Fitzpatrick, vol. 27, pp. 316-317.
Provenance
Gift of Paul Mellon, 1992.
Extent of Digitization
This object has been completely digitized.
Language
French

Item Location

Repository
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number
GEN MSS 146
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Container / Volume
Box 2, folder 101

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Citation
Rochambeau Papers and Rochambeau Family Cartographic Archive. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

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Object ID (OID)
2011972

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