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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.10017 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0025] January 1781 |
| Title | Account of the guns and principal artillery ammunitions compounding both equipage for the siege and field in the Rochambeau's Army at 28 January |
| Date | 28 January 1781 |
| Author | Aboville, François-Marie, comte d' (1730-1817) |
| Document Type | Military document |
| Content Description | Signed by "d'Aboville," Colonel François-Marie, comte d'Aboville. Also signed by Gau as commissary of artillery and by Nadal as director of the artillery park. A third signature is illegible. Docket, in Samuel Shaw's hand, indicates, "Ordnance stores with the French Army at Newport. 28 Jany 1781." This is an English-language copy of GLC02437.10016. |
| Subjects | Muster Rolls and Returns Artillery France Revolutionary War Revolutionary War General Global History and Civics Foreign Affairs Ammunition Military History |
| People | Aboville, François-Marie, Comte d' (1730-1817) Rochambeau, Jean-Baptiste-Donatien de Vimeur, Comte de (1725-1807) |
| Place written | Newport, Rhode Island |
| Theme | The American Revolution |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Additional Information | Library of Congress lists Aboville's first name as Marie-François, but almost every other source available lists it as François-Marie. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
| Related documents | Related to the artillery of Rochambeau's army [in French] |