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Broglio, Francois, comte de, fl. 1786-1788 to Henry Knox [in French]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03952 Author/Creator: Broglio, Francois, comte de, fl. 1786-1788 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1 August 1788 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 20.3 cm, Width: 16.5 cm Order a Copy

Discusses the Society of the Cincinnati. Appears to have been written from Fort Dauphin in Santo Domingo (Saint Domingue, in the present-day Dominican Republic).

Broglio, Francois, comte de, fl. 1786-1788
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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