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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC09337 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Joseph Vose |
| Title | Lafayette to Joseph Vose about preparations to retreat after victory of British fleet |
| Date | 26 March 1781 |
| Author | Lafayette, Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, Marquis de (1757-1834) |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Military document |
| Content Description | To Col. Joseph Vose, preparing to retreat after news of victory of British fleet: "make every preparation to march the troops by land to the Head of Elk…. I request you will use every Endeavour to persuade the people that we are going to join Gnl [Nathanael] Greene's Army - I shall set out to morrow for Annapolis where I expect to find the troops either gone (if the General has so ordered) or in a perfect Readiness to March." |
| Subjects | Continental Army Navy Global History and Civics France Military History France |
| People | Lafayette, Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, Marquis de (1757-1834) Vose, Joseph (ca. 1738-1816) |
| Theme | The American Revolution; Foreign Affairs; Naval & Maritime |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |