Biography, 1935.

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Biography, 1935.

The collection consists of a photostat of Mottin de la Balme's biography copied from André Lasseray's Les Francais sous les Treize Étoiles.

1 item (9 p.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6969629

Indiana Historical Society Library

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Mottin de La Balme, Augustin, 1733-1780

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Col. De la Balme was a French soldier who served in the Revolutionary War. From the description of Augustin Mottin de La Balme papers, undated. (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 422598693 Mottin de la Balme, a French cavalry officer of some distinction, volunteered in 1777 to come to America to serve in the Revolutionary War. He led a force westward from Detroit to participate in George Rogers Clark's campaign in the Northwest, and was killed near Miami by Indian...