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The Chevalier de Chastellux returns to Griffin’s Tavern.
Photographer: Julia M. Diddell
Taken: 4.11.2021
Caption: The Chevalier de Chastellux returns to Griffin’s Tavern.
Additional Description: Griffin’s Tavern was visited on November 20, 1780 by French Major General Francois-Jean de Beauvoir, Chevalier de Chastellux, 3rd in command of French Major General Jean-Baptistery Donatien de Vimeur, Comte de Rochambeau’s Army for the Expedition Particuliere sent by King Louis XVI to assist George Washington. Chastellux mentions this visit and of speaking with Jacob Griffin in “Travels in North America in the years 1780,1781 and 1782.”
Submitted: May 29, 2021, by Julia M. Diddell of Westfield, New Jersey.
Database Locator Identification Number: p588532
File Size: 4.176 Megabytes

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