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Collection Reference Number GLC02437.01268
From Archive Folder The Henry Knox Papers [0034] October 1781 
Title The count de Custine to Henry Knox requesting supplies
Date 28 October 1781
Author Custine, Adam Philip, Count de (1740-1793)  
Recipient Knox, Henry  
Document Type Correspondence; Military document
Content Description Signed in text. Asks Knox to exchange three drums and provide a fourth, and exchange cartridge boxes also. Also mentions that the Major [François-Louis Teissèdre de] Fleury "paid his respects to the general." Colonel Custine led the Régiment de Saintonge, which was selected in 1780 by the Count de Rochambeau to participate in the French expeditionary force to America that aided in the siege of Yorktown. See also GLC02437.01269.
Subjects France  Battle (Siege, Surrender) of Yorktown  Revolutionary War  Revolutionary War General  Military History  Continental Army  Artillery  Ammunition  Military Supplies  Global History and Civics  
People Custine, Adam Philip, Count de (1740-1793)  Knox, Henry (1750-1806)  
Theme The American Revolution
Sub-collection The Henry Knox Papers
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859
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