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.

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Main Author
Riedesel, Friederike Charlotte Luise, Freifrau von, 1746-1808.
Related Names
Huth, Marta.
Brown, Marvin L., Jr., 1920-, ed. and tr.
Riedesel, Friedrich Adolf, Freiherr von, 1738-1800.
Institute of Early American History and Culture (Williamsburg, Va.)
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English
Published
Chapel Hill, Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture at Williamsburg, Virginia at the University of North Carolina Press [1965]
Subjects
Burgoyne's Invasion, 1777
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Participation, German.
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Personal narratives, British.
Note
"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."
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 gemalin ... Gedruckt als manuscript fur die Familie."
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xlvii, 222 p. illus., facsims., maps, ports. 25 cm.
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