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Author Riedesel, Friederike Charlotte Luise, Freifrau von, 1746-1808.

Title Baroness von Riedesel and the American Revolution; journal and correspondence of a tour of duty, 1776-1783. A rev. translation, with introd. and notes, by Marvin L. Brown, Jr., with the assistance of Marta Huth.

Imprint Chapel Hill, Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture at Williamsburg, Virginia at the University of North Carolina Press [1965]

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  973.38 R442b    ---  Available
Description xlvii, 222 p. illus., facsims., maps, ports. 25 cm.
Note First German edition for general circulation published Berlin, 1800, with title "Die Berufs-Reise nach America ..." A privately printed edition was issued Berlin, 1800, with title "Auszuge aus den Briefen und Papieren des Generals Freyherrn von Riedesel und seiner gemalinn ... Gedruckt als manuscript fur die Familie."
"A new translation ... [which includes letters from Gen. Riedesel to his wife and twenty seven] letters never previously published, as well as portions of letters which were omitted from the various editions."
Subject Burgoyne's Invasion, 1777.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Personal narratives, British
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Participation, German.
Added Author Riedesel, Friedrich Adolf, Freiherr von, 1738-1800.
Brown, Marvin Luther.
Huth, Marta.
Institute of Early American History and Culture (Williamsburg, Va.)

 
    
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