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TERNANT, JEAN BAPTISTE DE

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TERNANT, JEAN BAPTISTE DE
<b>20. JEAN BAPTISTE DE TERNANT</b> (1751 - 1816) French officer who volunteered to serve in the Continental Army and served as Deputy Inspector General under Von Steuben. Rare A.L.S. 1p. 8vo., Paris, Oct. 20, 1820 to George Livingston of Philadelphia concerning "<i>...my preceding letters...the last in particular, containing a will in favor of my brother of Louisiana, I am anxious about - a line of you on the subject, would greatly quiet and oblige me - I have now to beg that you will pay to Miss Amelia Du Pont on her application, eighty Dollars, as a new year's compliment and says that payment to my account. I hope and wish...that Mr. Lyde de Neuville, who takes charge of this letter, on his way back to America, may succeed in arranging all difficulties between our respective governments...</i>" Usual folds, small remnant of a formerly attached bio at lower left margin not affecting text, otherwise very good condition.<b>$600-800</b>