Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

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  • SCRB01107_001.jpg

    Sketch of the life and military services of Gen. La Fayette, during the American Revolution : The hero and patriot, who abandoned his home, his family, his rank, and a princely fortune, for the sake of fighting in the cause of American liberty. New-York : Printed and published for the editor, 1824.

    Most of the text on p. 13-16 was publiished in the New-York Evening post for the country, Aug. 20, 1824. Probably the entire pamphlet was originally published in this newspaper or in the daily edition of the Evening post.

    Rockefeller Library copy from the library of C. B. Farwell with his bookplate.

    Rockefeller Library copy bound by A. J. Cox & Co.

  • MS2012-12-001.jpg

    Letter of Brigadier General Muhlenberg to Brigadier General Weedon in which Muhlenberg discusses the Battle of Green Spring fought July 6, 1781. The American forces were led by Lafayette and Anthony Wayne. Muhlenberg was critical of Wayne noting that "Green Springs ... might have proved fatal to this Army & the State, owing to the impetuosity of our Brother Brigadier." Muhlenberg describes for Weedon the course and outcome of the battle but advises Weedon that "... it will not do to make it public."
  • MS1981-5-001.jpg

    Anonymous manuscript journal, by a member of the Light Infantry, chronicling the events of the Yorktown campaign from the arrival of George Washington in Williamsburg on September 14th and culminating with the British surrender on October 19th. The author describes the digging of parallels, artillery fire, the burning of the British warship Charon, a lackluster sortie by the British and their surrender. Also mentioned are Admiral de Grasse, Generals Lafayette, Muhlenberg, and Steuben as well as Colonel Alexander Scammell who died of his wounds in Williamsburg.
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