Adam Philippe, comte de Custine

(1740-1793)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Custine, Adam Philippe, comte de, 1740-1793 LBT ID: AdPhill1793 VIAF ID: 68951502 LOC ID: n81052601	B/BAP: 1740-02-04 DIED: 1793-08-26
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French general who fought against the British in the American War of Independence and the Prussians in the French Revolution; he was sentenced to death by the revolutionary tribunal.
REFERENCES TO Adam Philippe, comte de Custine: Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Fifty Years’ Recollections, Literary and Personal, with Observations on Men and Things. 3 vols (London: Charles J. Skeet, 1858) Chapter II. Found 1: ¶ 132