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Genêt, Edmond Charles Édouard (1763-1834) [Note]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09953 Author/Creator: Genêt, Edmond Charles Édouard (1763-1834) Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript note Date: 26 January 1793 Pagination: 1 p. : address ; 22.6 x 18.8 cm. Order a Copy

Thanks Henry Knox for his attentions and informs him that "he will with the greatest pleasure stand Sponsor to [his] Son and attend the Ceremony to morrow [sic] Evening." Noted as written by the Minister of France, who at this time is most likely Edmond Charles Édouard Genêt, more commonly known as Citizen Genêt.

Genêt, Edmond Charles Édouard, 1763-1834
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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