Physical Description:
68 leaves, 18 cm., bound volume Notes:
Records of the campaigns of Rochambeau's army in 1781 and 1782 kept
by an identified officer of the Souissonais Regiment. The
manuscripts includes: an account of the voyage from Brest to Rhode
Island (ff. 2-9); two itineraries -- "Précis des Opérations et
des Marches de l'Armée Combiné francaise et américaine pendenat
le Campagne de 1781" (ff. 10-41) and "Campagne de l'année 1782"
(ff. 57-68); and "Journal du Siége d'York en Virginie," by
Querenet de La Combe (1731-1788), Lieutenant colonel, Royal Corps
of Engineers; acting chief engineer for the French army at the
Siege of Yorktown (f. 42-58) . The itineraries are accompanied by
the maps in pen and watercolor. Also included is a note on Benedict
Arnold. "Journal du Siége d'York en Virginie" is a formal Engineer
Corps record of the siege rather than a personal journal. It
incorporates French translations of the Articles of Capitulation
(ff. 48-51 v.), George Washington address to the troops of Oct. 20,
1781 (ff. 51v. - 52) and Cornwallis' letter to Henry Clinton (Oct.
30, 1781). The f. 1 bears a note: "Monsieur David de Muraut, a la
ville de Rouqemaure, 1786." The manuscript is bound in a fragment
of a seventeenth century French military record. Subjects:
Arnold, Benedict, 1741-1801. ; Querenet de La Combe, Guillaume,
1731-1788. ; Rochambeau, Jean-Baptiste-Donatien de Vimeur, comte
de, 1725-1807. ; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783
-- Participation, French -- Sources. ; United States -- History --
Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Maps. ; Yorktown (Va.) -- History --
Siege, 1781 -- Sources. Form/Genre:
Journals (accounts) France 18th century. ; Journals (accounts)
United States Revolution, 1775-1783. ; Manuscript maps United
States Revolution, 1775-1783. ; Military records France 18th
century. ; Military records United States Revolution,
1775-1783. Physical Collection:
Orderly Books of the American Revolution.
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