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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC09338.03 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Joseph Vose |
| Title | William S. Smith to Joseph Vose about the spring campaign |
| Date | 15 March 1781 |
| Author | Smith, William S. (fl. 1781) |
| Recipient | Vose, Joseph |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Military document |
| Content Description | Lafayette's Adjutant re the planned spring campaign. Unless French ships arrived and established naval supremacy in the Chesapeake it would be "impossible to move the troops to this place" but Vose should remain "in the most perfect readiness to move at an hour's warning." With Lafayette Free Frank. |
| Subjects | Continental Army Military History Navy France Global History and Civics |
| People | Vose, Joseph (ca. 1738-1816) Smith, William S. (fl.1781) |
| Theme | The American Revolution; Naval & Maritime |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
| Related documents | William S. Smith to Joseph Vose about the spring campaign [copy] |