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38. Camp à Bedford, le 2 Juillet, 14 miles de Ridgebury, manque, n'ayant pas été figuré; et Camp à North-Castle, le 3 Juillet, 5 miles de Bedford, le 4 Séjour, undated

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Collection Creator:
Berthier, Louis-Alexandre (1753-1815)
Dates:
undated
Located In:
Box IX Oversize portfolio, Packet 21-12/13
Dimensions:
33 x 21 cm
Languages:
English and French
Scope and Contents

Thirteenth Camp at North Castle [Mount Kisco, New York]. 3-6 July 1781. The First Brigade, which left the Ridgebury camp on 2 July and bivouaked that night at Bedford, and the Second Brigade, which marched the whole distance from Ridgebury on 3 July, both reached North Castle on 3 July. As mentioned in the heading of the map, no plan of the Bedford (Village) bivouac of the First Brigade was drawn. North Castle is present Mount Kisco, Westchester County, New York. The "Etang" or pond, formerly known as Kirby Pond, no longer exists; the area is part of present Leonard Recreation Park. The stream flowing out of the pond is the Kisco River. The North Castle "meeting house," shown here, was St. George's Church (built in 1761); it no longer stands, but an old cemetery still marks the site.

A French hospital was maintained at North Castle during the period of the long encampment farther south at Philipsburg. There was a bivouac here at North Castle, 20 August 1781, when the army was proceeding north from Philipsburg to King's Ferry; see notes to Nos. 48 and 61.

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38. Camp à Bedford, le 2 Juillet, 14 miles de Ridgebury, manque, n'ayant pas été figuré; et Camp à North-Castle, le 3 Juillet, 5 miles de Bedford, le 4 Séjour; Louis-Alexandre Berthier Collection, C0022, Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library

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Thirteenth Camp at North Castle [Mount Kisco, New York]. 3-6 July 1781. The First Brigade, which left the Ridgebury camp on 2 July and bivouaked that night at Bedford, and the Second Brigade, which marched the whole distance from Ridgebury on 3 July, both reached North Castle on 3 July. As mentioned in the heading of the map, no plan of the Bedford (Village) bivouac of the First Brigade was drawn. North Castle is present Mount Kisco, Westchester County, New York. The "Etang" or pond, formerly known as Kirby Pond, no longer exists; the area is part of present Leonard Recreation Park. The stream flowing out of the pond is the Kisco River. The North Castle "meeting house," shown here, was St. George's Church (built in 1761); it no longer stands, but an old cemetery still marks the site.

A French hospital was maintained at North Castle during the period of the long encampment farther south at Philipsburg. There was a bivouac here at North Castle, 20 August 1781, when the army was proceeding north from Philipsburg to King's Ferry; see notes to Nos. 48 and 61.

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The documents and maps are arranged chronologically by packet/item number that continue (for the most part) the numbering begun in the previous series.

General

These papers are housed in the original red portfolio cases (and order) in which they were presented to the Library in 1939.

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The collection is open for research.

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Single copies may be made for research purposes. To cite or publish quotations that fall within Fair Use, as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission is required. For instances beyond Fair Use, it is the responsibility of the researcher to determine whether any permissions related to copyright, privacy, publicity, or any other rights are necessary for their intended use of the Library's materials, and to obtain all required permissions from any existing rights holders, if they have not already done so. Princeton University Library's Special Collections does not charge any permission or use fees for the publication of images of materials from our collections, nor does it require researchers to obtain its permission for said use. The department does request that its collections be properly cited and images credited. More detailed information can be found on the Copyright, Credit and Citations Guidelines page on our website. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us through the Ask Us! form.

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For preservation reasons, original analog and digital media may not be read or played back in the reading room. Users may visually inspect physical media but may not remove it from its enclosure. All analog audiovisual media must be digitized to preservation-quality standards prior to use. Audiovisual digitization requests are processed by an approved third-party vendor. Please note, the transfer time required can be as little as several weeks to as long as several months and there may be financial costs associated with the process. Requests should be directed through the Ask Us Form.

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38. Camp à Bedford, le 2 Juillet, 14 miles de Ridgebury, manque, n'ayant pas été figuré; et Camp à North-Castle, le 3 Juillet, 5 miles de Bedford, le 4 Séjour; Louis-Alexandre Berthier Collection, C0022, Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library

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Separated Materials

Relation de l'Escadre Française, aux ordres du Cher. Destouches, & de l'affaire qui a eue lieu le 16 Mars 1781, entre cette Escadre & celle des Anglais, commandée par l'Amiral Arbuthnot was transferred to rare books (1081.755 EX).

Bibliography

MS, No. 21-12/13. Rochambeau's copy is in the Library of Paul Mellon, Upperville, Virginia. [Rice/Brown, pp. 134-135] See also Richard G. Lucid and Arthur I. Bernhard, "Northcastle Camp," The Westchester Historian (Westchester County Historical Society), XXXV, No. 1 (Jan.-March 1959), 3-8. Regarding the French hopsital, see Blanchard's journal (I), p. 82; Dawson, Français Morts aux Etats Unis, pp. 30, 56, 71.

Names:
France. Armée
Rochambeau, Jean-Baptiste-Donatien de Vimeur, comte de (1725-1807)