LAFAYETTE GILBERT DU MOTIER; MARQUIS DE Letter Signed Lafaye

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"THE COUNT DE GRASSE . . . HAS ARRIVED IN THE BAY" LAFAYETTE, GILBERT DU MOTIER; MARQUIS DE. Letter Signed, "Lafayette," as Major General, to Brigadier General George Weedon, informing of Count de Grasse's arrival and his efforts to prevent Cornwallis's retreat, and requesting supply boats for the Rappahannock. With franking signature "Lafayette M G" on address leaf. 3 pages, 8vo, on a single folded sheet; small seal hole near signature. Holt's Forge [New Kent County, VA], 1 September 1781

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"I have been honored to-day with dispatches from the Count de Grasse, who has arrived in the Bay with 28 line of battle ships, and a fine body of land forces. . . . I am taking precautions to prevent his Lordship's retreat to Carolina should he be disposed to make the attempt." Abstracted in Lafayette in the Age of the American Revolution, IV:511.