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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to the Count de Rochambeau

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03859 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter Date: 26 April 1788 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 32.3 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Informs Rochambeau he forwarded [Society of the Cincinnati] diplomas to Louis-Marie-Athanase de Loménie, comte de Brienne, French Secretary of War. Reports that the application of a French officer will be addressed at the next Society of the Cincinnati meeting.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Rochambeau, Jean-Baptiste-Donatien de Vimeur, comte de, 1725-1807

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