Andre De Coppet Collection 1566-1942 (mostly 1770-1865)

• Duportail, Louis Le Begue (1742-1802) Call Number: C0063_c00873
  Container: Box 10, Folder 22

• Duportail, Louis Le Begue (1742-1802)

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Duportail, Louis Le Begue (1742-1802)

1 item

This collection is stored at Firestone Library and Firestone Library.

This collection is stored onsite at Firestone Library. Boxes 18-19, 21-22, 36-38, and 47 are stored in special vault facilities.

Requests will be delivered to Manuscripts Division, RBSC Reading Room .

Collection Creator: De Coppet, Andre, 1892-1953..

Dates: undated.

Located In: Box 10, Folder 22

Extent: 1 item

Languages: English.

Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research use. Researchers may be required to use surrogates of collection items stored in special vault facilities.

Description

French general who served as chief engineer in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Copy of letter written from the Camp at Whitemarsh [near Philadelphia]. To Claude Louis, Comte de St. Germain. Outlining the immediate campaign and discussing the long range military situation, feelings toward France, and advantages of helping the United States. 6 pp.

Preferred Citation

Duportail, Louis Le Begue (1742-1802); undated; Andre De Coppet Collection, Box 10, Folder 22; Manuscripts Division, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library.