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Calmes was born 26 February 1755 in
Shenandoah, Virginia, as the fourth Marquis de Calmes. As a young man, he was sent abroad to be educated. When the American Revolution started, he returned to Virginia. He raised and equipped a company at his own expense, and joined the
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