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LOUIS LEBEGUE DUPORTAIL
(1743 - 1802) French Revolutionary War general and engineer with Washington at Valley Forge and Monmouth, captured by the British. L.S. "Duportail" as Secretary of State for War, 1p. oblong 4to., Paris, July 16, 1791 in French enclosing a report [no longer present] on the state of the army's artillery train. Expertly laid-in to a larger sheet, one minor vertical crease, else fine condition.

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May 9, 2012 11:00 AM EDT
Stamford, CT, US

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