Auction Date:2014 Jan 15 @ 18:00 (UTC-5 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
ALS in French, signed “le m’al de Rochambeau,” one page, 6 x 7.5, February 8, 1792. Letter about the French officers who took part in the American War of Independence and are members of the Society of Cincinnati, who are to receive the same grade in France after returning home. The King approved a list to give the soldiers the same distinctions of the Society of Cincinnati in France as in America. In fine condition, with central vertical and horizontal folds.
Taking command of over 7,000 French troops, Lieutenant General Rochambeau was sent to join the Continental Army in 1780; combining forces with Washington’s troops, he played a crucial role in the decisive victory at Yorktown, forcing Cornwallis to surrender on October 19, 1781. An original member of the Society of the Cincinnati, a hereditary organization founded to preserve the ideals and fellowship of the officers of the Revolution (including Continental Army or Navy officers who served over three years, and French Army and Navy officers above certain ranks), Rochambeau helped establish a constituent Society in France. Though King Louis XVI had never allowed his officers to wear any foreign decoration, he made an exception in favor of the badge of the Cincinnati. An excellent letter from the French general who helped America secure its independence.
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