Letter to Patrick Henry

dc.contributor.author	Rochambeau, Jean-Baptiste-Donatien de Vimeur, comte de, 1725-1807	en_US
dc.coverage.spatial	Williamsburg, Virginia	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2009-02-16T15:45:23Z
dc.date.available	2009-02-16T15:45:23Z
dc.date.created	March 28, 1782	en_US
dc.date.issued	2009-02-16T15:45:23Z
dc.identifier.other	GL0053_001	en_US
dc.identifier.other	GL0053	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2374.OX/62416
dc.description	Letter written from Williamsburg, dated March 28, 1782, to Governor Patrick Henry containing a copy of a letter Rochambeau wrote to General de Choisy regarding confusion differentiating between freedmen and slaves who were serving officers in the army. De Choisy had "caused [all the negroes] to be taken up [i.e., arrested] indiscriminately." Includes a small engraving of Rochambeau.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Gilder Lehrman Collection	en_US
dc.rights	Gilder Lehrman Collection	en_US
dc.rights.uri	http://www.freedomcenter.org/about-us/contact-us/	en_US
dc.subject	Rochambeau, Jean-Baptiste-Donatien de Vimeur, comte de, 1725-1807 -- Correspondence	en_US
dc.subject	Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799	en_US
dc.subject	Slaves -- United States	en_US
dc.subject	Freedmen -- United States.	en_US
dc.title	Letter to Patrick Henry	en_US
dc.type	Letter signed	en_US
dc.publisher.digital	National Underground Railroad Freedom Center	en_US
dc.contributor.repository	Gilder Lehrman Collection at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center	en_US
dc.repository.place	Cincinnati, Ohio	en_US
dc.rights.permissions	World	en_US

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