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St. John de Crevecoeur, J. Hector (1735-1813) to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03133 Author/Creator: St. John de Crevecoeur, J. Hector (1735-1813) Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 27 April 1785 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 24.4 x 18.4 cm. Order a Copy

Crevecoeur, French consul in New York, delivers a letter from "the good Marquis," possibly the Marquis de Lafayette (letter not included).

St. John de Crevecoeur, J. Hector, 1735-1813
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834

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