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Letters and journals relating to the war of the American Revolution, and the capture of the German troops at Saratoga. By Mrs. General Riedesel. Tr. from the original German, by William L. Stone...

Accession number
PML 11573
Creator
Riedesel, Friederike Charlotte Luise, Freifrau von, 1746-1808.
Published
Albany : J. Munsell, 1827.
Credit line
Purchased with the Irwin collection, 1900.
Notes
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 "Auszüge aus den briefen und papieren des generals freyherrn von Riedesel und seiner gemalinn... Gedruckt als manuscript für die familie."
Includes letters from Gen. Riedesel to his wife, and an abstract of his account of Burgoyne's campaign.
Description
235 p. : front. (port.) plates ; 27 cm
Provenance
From the Theodore Irwin collection.
Binding
1/2 red morocco.
Classification
Department