Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794 to Henry Knox [in French]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03020 Author/Creator: Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 20 June 1784 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 22.3 x 18.7 cm. Order a Copy
Offers sentiments of friendship. Written at the "Louvre." Contains a note, written later in pencil at the bottom of the page: "This was a house in the present 57th in NY- why called the 'Louvre' is not known. Steuben was living there at the date of this letter. Kapp's life of Steuben 178." Year from docket.
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