Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Joseph Mandrillon
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03566 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Manuscript letter Date: 4 June 1787 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 21.6 cm, Width: 18.4 cm Order a Copy
Informs Mandrillon that the Society of the Cincinnati cannot accept him as a member. Adds that the Society, as an institution, is "too young to assume so much importance to appoint a gentleman of your abilities their historiographer..." Letter is in the hand of Robert Pemberton, Knox's secretary at the War Department. Also signed by Pemberton for Knox.
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