L'amour paternel qui a toujours animè le coeur du roy pour les habitans du Canada, et le desir de les soustraire á la domination des Anglois, ont determiné Sa Majesié a envoyer dans un des ports Americains des forces de terre et de mer capable d'effectuer ce grand objet

L'amour paternel qui a toujours animè le coeur du roy pour les habitans du Canada, et le desir de les soustraire á la domination des Anglois, ont determiné Sa Majesié a envoyer dans un des ports Americains des forces de terre et de mer capable d'effectuer ce grand objet.

Author/creator	Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834
Format	Book and Microform
Publication Info	[Philadelphia] : [Printed by David C. Claypoole], [1780]
Description	1 sheet (1 unnumbered page)
Subject(s)	Rochambeau, Jean-Baptiste-Donatien de Vimeur, comte de, 1725-1807. United States--History --Revolution, 1775-1783 --Participation, French. United States--History --Revolution, 1775-1783 --Naval operations.

Series	Early American imprints. First series ; no. 17038 Early American imprints. First series ; no. 17038. ^A478749
General note	Proclamation to the Canadians thats purpose was to deceive the British into believing that the destination of the awaited French fleet under Rochambeau was Canada. Cf. Gottschalk, L. Lafayette and the close of the American Revolution, 1942, p. 82, 87.
General note	Signed at end: La Fayette.
General note	According to the Library of Congress, "in a letter from Benedict Arnold to General Washington dated Philadelphia, June 7, 1780, Arnold states definitely that it was printed by Mr. Claypoole in Second Street." Formerly thought to be an imprint of the French Fleet Press, Newport.
General note	Printed in two columns.
References	Evans 17038
References	Alden, J.E. Rhode Island, 821
Reproduction note	Joyner- Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 17038).
Genre/form	Broadsides.
Other title	Amour paternel qui a toujours animè le coeur du roy...

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	NC Microfiche	MICROFICHE AM35E NO. 17038	✔ Available