Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Letter to the Quarter Master General of the French Army, Manuscript #MS 1943.1, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

Acquisition Information

Purchase, 1943

Biographical/Historical Information

None available.

Scope and Content

Young writes to Pierre Francois Beville, Quartermaster General under Rochambeau, concerning his inability to pay express riders.The situation is critical. He has written to Maj. {Richard} Claiborne and will write to Col. {James} Hendricks in Alexandria {Va.} concerning the problem. In the meantime, riders have agreed to deliver dispatches as far as Lynches Tavern.

Arrangement

1 item.

Index Terms

Persons:

• Beville, Pierre Francois
• Claiborne, Richard, 1757-1818
• Hendricks, James
• Young, Richard, fl. 1781

Corporate Names:

• Lynches Tavern
• United States. Army - Communication systems - History - 18th century

Geographical Names:

• United States - History - Revolution - 1775-1783 - Participation - Foreign