Divisional-General Donatien-Marie-Joseph de Vimeur, vicomte de Rochambeau was a French Army officer and colonial administrator who served in the American Revolutionary War and French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He was the son of Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau.
[before December 25, 1780] 9 M. le Vcte. de Rochambeau a l’honneur de prevenir Monsieur le Docteur francklin qu’il ne part pas encore pour l’amerique Septentrionale, 1 mais que M.…
Donatien-Marie-Joseph de Vimeur, vicomte de Rochambeau, sends Benjamin Franklin a book on woods authored by Monsieur Telles Dacosta. Rochambeau explains that, not being personally known to Franklin, he was asked to deliver the book on Dacosta's behalf.
Donatien-Marie-Joseph de Vimeur, vicomte de Rochambeau, sends Benjamin Franklin the first part of the second volume of his treatise on woods, following the previous year's delivery of the first volume. He requests Franklin to forward a copy to Passy. Rochambeau expresses his continued respect and unwavering attachment to Franklin.