Baron Friedrich von Steuben collection
- Collection
- Hamilton College Library Digital Collections
- Alternative Title
- Baron Steuben
- Item Media Type
- Collection
- Collection Designation
- Archives
- Genre
- Manuscripts
- Language
- English
- French
- Description
- Correspondence of Maj. (Baron) Friedrich von Steuben (1730-1794). Baron Steuben, born in Magdeburg, Prussia, served under Washington at Valley Forge, rose to the position of Inspector-General of the Continental Army in 1778 and later was a participant in the founding of the Hamilton-Oneida Academy, the predecessor of Hamilton College.
- Note
Includes: 10 French letters with transcriptions and English translations 4 English letters with transcriptions 2 financial documents
Credits: French letters transcribed and translated by Hamilton College students in French 292, New York/New France, Spring Semester 2005, taught by John A. Gallucci (professor of French, Colgate University).
- Institutional Owner
- Hamilton College Library Digital Collections
- Restrictions on Access
- There are no restrictions on access to this resource.
- Rights Statement
- Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
Manifest
- Jeremy Katz
- College Archivist
- E-mail: askarch@hamilton.edu
- Telephone: (315) 859-4471
- Hamilton College Archives
- Burke Library
- 198 College Hill Road
- Clinton, NY 13323
