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Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794 to Henry Knox [in French]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03267 Author/Creator: Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: May 16, 1786 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 22.5 cm, Width: 17.4 cm Order a Copy

Baron von Steuben writes to Knox in French asking if he will send him an excerpt of a letter written by the Marquis de Lafayette regarding his trip to Prussia. Says everyone has interest in the place where they spent the springtime of their lives. Promises not to use it except to satisfy his curiosity. Sends his regards to Mrs. Knox.

Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834
Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1756-1824

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