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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC09336 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Joseph Vose |
| Title | Lafayette to Joseph Vose about the French fleet's setback |
| Date | 25 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 at Annapolis, re French Admiral Destouches's setback by the British fleet in the Chesapeake: "I have received certain intelligence of a very severe action having been fought between the [British] Fleet and his Most Christian Majesty [the French].… a very heavy cannonade was heard near Cape Henry which lasted for some hours." With Free Frank. |
| Subjects | France Continental Army Navy Global History and Civics Battle Military History |
| 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 |