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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Viscount de Noailles

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02163 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 16 June 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 34.3 cm, Width: 21.3 cm Order a Copy

Written by Knox to the Viscount de Noailles. References two of Noailles's letters -- one from Boston and the other from France -- that needed to be answered. Says he did not know where to send the answer as Noailles was rumored to be anywhere from Gibraltar to Jamaica. Says no matter where he gets this letter, he hopes Noailles will "remember that you have a friend in america who wishes you the most perfect happiness." Goes on to say "The glorious peace, by which the American Liberty is so amply established, will ever be remembered to have been the Work of France - Our gratitude and affection for your illustrious nation will never [dull?] with time." Says they have started an officers society called the Society of the Cincinnati and that it is to include the French officers. Hopes he will be a part of it. Is sorry he could not express his friendship in person before he left America.

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