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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03141 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter Date: 8 May 1785 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 32.5 cm, Width: 19.7 cm Order a Copy

Knox writes to Crevecoeur, French consul at New York. Expresses his regret at Crevecoeur's loss of important papers. Apparently responding to Crevecoeur's request for information related to the Revolutionary War, writes, "...I was not at the frontiers during the War having always been with the Army under the immediate orders of His Ex Gen Washington[.]"

St. John de Crevecoeur, J. Hector, 1735-1813
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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