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    François Joseph Paul, Comte de Grasse, Marquis of Grasse-Tilly, SMOM (13 September 1722 – 11 January 1788) was a French Navy officer and nobleman. He is...
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    General John Sullivan with six regiments to the north to bolster the faltering Quebec campaign. General Howe, rather than moving against New York, withdrew...
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    Greenburgh, Westchester County, New York, United States. The population was 5,293 at the 2010 census. It is a suburb of New York City. Hartsdale, a CDP/hamlet/post-office...
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    of the Comte de Grasse, disagreements arose between Washington and Rochambeau on whether to ask de Grasse for assistance in besieging New York or in military...
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    American force. On 24 August, Sullivan was alerted by General George Washington that Clinton was assembling a relief force in New York. That evening his council...
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    Phillipe August, Comte de", in Sullivan, Jack, (ed.) The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural. p.442. Viking, New York. 1986. ISBN 0-670-80902-0...
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    Batavia Buffalo Raceway, Hamburg Historic Track, Goshen Monticello Raceway, Sullivan County Saratoga Raceway, Saratoga Springs Tioga Downs, Nichols Vernon Downs...
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    monarchy; the comte de Provence (brother of the executed Louis XVI) took the throne as Louis XVIII. Lafayette was received by the new king, but the staunch...
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    wrote to Sullivan on the matter and reinforced the need for a successful operation. D'Estaing sailed from his position outside the New York harbor on...
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