Baroness von Riedesel and the American Revolution : journal and correspondence of a tour of duty, 1776-1783 /

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Main Author: Riedesel, Friederike Charlotte Luise, Freifrau von, 1746-1808.
Corporate Author: Institute of Early American History and Culture (Williamsburg, Va.)
Contributors: Riedesel, Friedrich Adolf, Freiherr von, 1738-1800., Brown, Marvin L., Jr., 1920- (Editor, Translator), Huth, Marta.
Language:English
German
Published: Chapel Hill, Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture at Williamsburg, Virginia at the University of North Carolina Press [1965]
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Table of Contents:
  • Pt. 1: Baroness von Riedesel's journal
  • From Brunswick to Bristol
  • Frustration in England
  • Voyage to Quebec
  • An interrupted reunion
  • Saratoga
  • Massachusetts and Virginia
  • Removal to New York
  • Assignment in Canada
  • Return to England and Brunswick
  • Pt. 2: Baroness von Riedesel's letters
  • General Riedesel's letters: the trip to America, February-November 1776
  • Baroness von Riedesel's letters: preparations and delay, March-September 1776
  • General Riedesel to Baroness von Riedesel: the family reunion delayed, spring 1777
  • General Riedesel to Baroness von Riedesel: an interlude before Saratoga, summer 1777
  • Baroness von Riedesel to her mother: Cambridge to Canada, 1778-1782
  • General Riedesel to Baroness von Riedesel: Canadian postscript, 1782-1783.