From — de Gimat
ALS: American Philosophical Society
<Vic Fezensac, January 19, 1778, in French: M. de Gimat, an
officer in the Viennois regiment, went to your country with
Lafayette. He has only once sent us word, that they had landed
in Carolina and were on their way to join the army. We are
worried to have heard no more. My cousin was in several actions,
we know, and his poor mother has asked me to find out
whether he is dead, wounded, or a prisoner. You are the only
one in France who can give a desolated family news of an
officer who left us to fight your enemies and to help, at the
risk of his life, in restoring your liberty.>
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