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Finding Aid Authors: Special Collections Staff.
Administrative Information
Conditions Governing Use:
Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.
Conditions Governing Access:
Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.
Preferred Citation:
Tuffin Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Acquisition Information:
129 items of this collection were donated to W&M Special Collections Research Center by J. D. Hufham. One item was purchased by Special Collections Research Center in 1994.
Processing Information:
Box and folder list compiled by Amanda Hayek, SCRC staff, in November 2011.
Biographical Information:
Frenchman Marquis de La Rouërie, known as Charles Armand Tuffin during the American Revolution, served as a Brigadier-General in the Continental Army. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of papers, 1777-1783, from the Washington Papers at the Library of Congress relating to Marquis de La RouÃrie known in the American Revolution as Charles Armand Tuffin. Includes "With Sword in Hand", an English translation by J. D. Hufham of the work published in France under title "Le Marquis de la Rouerie et la Conjuration Bretonne", by G. Lenotre.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Correspondence
- Photostats
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Participation, French
- United States--Revolutionary War--1775-1783
- Virginia--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- Virginia--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
Container List
Photostats. In New York Historical Society. Collections. 1878. p. [287]-396.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 4 id126275
Letter from Charles Armand, Marquis de la Rouërie, at Staunton, Virginia to Colonel Rivard, Winchester, Virginia1782 September 21Scope and Contents
Contains one original letter from Charles Armand, Marquis de la Rouërie, at Staunton, Virginia to Colonel Rivard, Winchester, Virginia. Autographed letter signed, 1 page. Received his letter relative to the want of forage; the 2000 bushels of corn will do until he is better acquainted with circumstances; plans to be at Winchester on the 28th; asks him to secure fodder, hay, and straw; Sergeant Martin will provide assistance. Purchased. Acc. 1994.28.
"Charles Armand Tufin, Marquis de la Rouërie, Brigadier General in the Continental Army of the American Revolution" A memoir read before the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1877 May 7, by Townsend Ward. (With an engraving of Rouërie). In The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, volume 2, number 1, 1878. p. [1]-34
A translation of the work published in France under the title "Le Marquis de la Rouërie et la conjuration Bretonne," by G. Lenôtre. Translated by J.D. Hufham. 392 typed sheets. Bound.