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    Carlo Giuseppe Guglielmo Botta

    Birth: 11-6-1776

    Death: 8-10-1837

Biography

French historian who wrote famous accounts of the American Revolution.

According to Encyclopedia Britannica:
"His main work is a fanciful history of the American Revolution, based on contemporary documents and material supplied by Lafayette. An English translation, History of the War of the Independence of the United States of America, was published in Philadelphia (1820–21)."

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Biography: 
French historian who wrote famous accounts of the American Revolution. According to Encyclopedia Britannica: "His main work is a fanciful history of the American Revolution, based on contemporary documents and material supplied by Lafayette. An English translation, History of the War of the Independence of the United States of America, was published in Philadelphia (1820–21)."
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