Rochambeau, Jean-Baptiste-Donatien de Vimeur, comte de, 1725-1807
Person
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
A plan of York Town and Gloucester, in the province of Virginia, shewing the works constructed for the defence of those posts by the British army, under the command of Lt. Genl. Earl Cornwallis, together with the attacks and operations of the American and French forces, commanded by Genl. Washington and Count Rochambeau, to whom the posts were surrendered on the 17th October 1781, 1785
Item — Drawer 122 : L : 5, Section: 3
Identifier: 2019-SC-034-055
Description
Shows fortifications, troop locations, and ships on the York River.
Dates:
1785
Letter, Jean-Baptiste-Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, to François Jean, chevalier de Chastellux, 1782 July 20
Item — Box 7, Folder: 1782.07.20
Identifier: 2018-SC-019-003
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Blindstamped "Archives de Chastellux." Rochambeau writes about Washington's plans for the 1782 campaign and news from Europe.
Dates:
1782 July 20
Letter, to Christopher Greene, 1780 November 27
Item — Box 2, Folder: 1780.11.27
Identifier: 2018-SC-019-001
Scope and Contents
Letter in Alexander Hamilton's hand, signed by Washington. Washington issues orders for Colonel Christopher Greene's First Rhode Island Regiment, which included formerly enslaved African American soldiers, to march from Newport to West Point under Rochambeau. Washington writes, "only come on with such officers as are to remain in service on the new arrangement and such men as engaged for the war, or at least for a term, that will last through the next campaign. The other men you may dismiss,...
Dates:
1780 November 27
[Yorktown Campaign] Map no 1. Carte Generale de l'isle de New York et des environs. Map no 2. Reconnaissance Geometrique des Ouvrages du Nord de L'isle de New York faite les 21 et 22 Juillet 1781. With an accompanying manuscript, Réflexions Sur L'attaque de Newyork, approximately 1781-1782
Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2020-IL-001-206x
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains approximately 300 rare printed maps, unique manuscript maps, and published texts collected by Richard H. Brown, which pertain to the American Revolutionary War era.
Dates:
approximately 1781-1782
Additional filters:
- The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
- 3600 Mount Vernon Memorial Highway
- Mount Vernon, VA 22121
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