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Custodial History:

Originally in the possession of Mrs. Alfred Castle of Honolulu, Hawaii.

Preferred Citation:

Marquis de la Lafayette Letter to General Nathanael] Greene, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

Purchased in July 1981. Accession 1981.18. Formerly identified as Mss 81s L2.

Scope and Contents

Letter from the Marquis de la Lafayette, at camp near Pamunkey, Virginia to General Nathanael Greene. Lafayette writes about the defense of Richmond with 900 men against the British with superior numbers of 2,300 men; at Richmond was General Nelson with a corps of militia and General Steuben and Muhlenberg; enemy moved to Manchester burning warehouses; enemy retreated from Richmond to Osburns; since the enemy landed at City Point, no public property has been destroyed.

Related Material

Marquis de Lafayette Letter to Lewis Morris

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786
• Letters (correspondence)
• Nelson, Thomas, 1738-1789
• Richmond (Va.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
• Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794
• United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Participation, French
• Virginia--History--Revolution, 1775-1783