Letters and Memoirs: Relating to the War of American Independence, and the Capture of the German Troops at Saratoga (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Letters and Memoirs: Relating to the War of American Independence, and the Capture of the German Troops at Saratoga

Resting family records, with a View of ha ving them printed; but on account of their confidential and private character, it was, at first, intended that their circulation should not be extended beyond the circle' of a few relatives and intimate friends; and but a small number of copies were therefore struck off. At the suggestion, however, of Mr. Spener, an intelligent editor at Berlin, they were, at length, given to the public, in 1800, a few months after the death of General Riedesel, um der the title, Voyage of Duty to Ame rica, &c. &c.

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