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SIEGE OF YORKTOWN:“CORNWALLIS CAME
OUT . . .AND DECLINEDTHE ATTACK”
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LAFAYETTE, GILBERT DU MOTIER; MARQUIS DE. Autograph Letter
Signed, “Lafayette,” to “My dear Sir,” in English, sending maps and a narrative of the
Yorktown Campaign of 1781 [not present] and requesting that they be returned. 1 page,
8vo, faint scattered foxing, two small seal tears in left margin (not affecting text), docketing
on verso, folds.
“La Grange” [Courpalay], 7 May 1809
[1,000/2,000]
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I send you the map and plan you wish to have copied for our friend Mr. Barlow. . . .
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Herewith you will find
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1st a map of the campaign of 1781 inVirginia
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2ly The plan of the position which on the approach of Count de Grasse I took at
Williamsburg. Having under my orders our own American troops and the corps of M[arqu]is de
St. Simon of 3000 men, Lord Cornwallis came out to reconnoiter us and declined the attack.
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3ly A short narration of the campaign inVirginia followed by a journal of the siege ofYork.
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I expected to send you some other plans but I fear they are at Chavaniac . . . .”
CO-DESIGNER OF U.S. CAPITOL BUILDING
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LATROBE, BENJAMIN HENRY. Clipped Signature,“B. Henry Latrobe / Surveyor
of the public Buildings of the U States.”
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inches; moderate scattered staining, rem-
nants of prior mounting at side edges verso, fragment of a letter in another hand verso.
Np, [1807?]
[80/120]
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