1To George Washington from Claude-Antoine de La Morre de Ville aux Bois, 15 February 1794 (Washington Papers)
15 Feb. 1794 . Writes a lengthy letter in French while at Düsseldorf, a German city on the Rhine River. Starts with a brief synopsis of his military career, beginning with his 1774 enlistment in the Gâtinais regiment and his subsequent participation in the Revolutionary War, including the siege at Yorktown in 1781, after which his regiment was renamed the Royal Auvergne. Describes the causes...