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Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03256 Author/Creator: Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: March 1786 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 18.2 cm, Width: 14.7 cm Order a Copy

Lafayette asks that his regards be sent to William Knox, Alexander Hamilton, and all his friends. Says "My little Anecdote I send as it was given to me, but I will take farther informations at the Naval office Upon Every Circumstances."

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834
Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1756-1824
Knox, William, 1756-1795
Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804

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