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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Baron von Steuben

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02138 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 19 May 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 34.7 cm, Width: 22.6 cm Order a Copy

Discusses enclosed copies of a document [not present] regarding the establishment of the Society of the Cincinnati and asks von Steuben to forward them to the officers.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794

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