Letter, François Jean, Marquis de Chastellux, to Philip Schuyler

Containers:
Box 9, Folder 1784.06.17
Creator:
Chastellux, François Jean, marquis de, 1734-1788
Extent:
3 pages
Scope and content:

Autograph letter signed in French. Paris. Chastellux writes of the departure of the Marquis de Lafayette to America. He imagines the scene if he, instead of Lafayette, might return to America and visit with Washington. He reminisces about the weeks spent at Albany and Saratoga during the Revolution and follows with a postscript regarding Madam Carter now Madam Church.

Language:
French .

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