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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Marie-Thérèse de Grégoire

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03527 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter Date: April 18, 1787 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 31.7 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Knox thanks Madame de Grégoire for her letter and wishes he could be in Boston to help her. States that he is unable to assist her at this time because a new Massachusetts legislature is about to be elected and he cannot yet be sure who to contact for her. Mentions the Marquis de Lafayette and calls him "my honored friend." In his absence, refers her case to his friend Colonel [Benjamin] Hichborn. Encloses a letter (not present) to Hichborn and declares that Hichborn will do what he can to assist her. If Knox returns to Boston, he too will help.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Grégoire, Marie-Thérèse de, ?-1811
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834
Hichborn, Benjamin, 1746-1817

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