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Estaing, Charles Henri, comte d', 1729-1794 Ideas upon the association of the Cincinnati

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03027 Author/Creator: Estaing, Charles Henri, comte d', 1729-1794 Place Written: Paris, France Type: Manuscript document Date: 3 July 1784 Pagination: 14 p. : docket ; Height: 32 cm, Width: 20.2 cm Order a Copy

Written in Knox's hand. Docketed 13 July 1784. Contains reforms and resolutions in response to public reaction against the Society of the Cincinnati.

D'Estaing, Jean Baptiste Charles Henri Hector, 1729-1794
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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