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D'Estaing, Jean Baptiste Charles Henri Hector, 1729-1794 to Henry Knox [in French]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04593 Author/Creator: D'Estaing, Jean Baptiste Charles Henri Hector, 1729-1794 Place Written: Paris, France Type: Manuscript letter signed Date: 2 May 1790 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 31.1 cm, Width: 20.4 cm Order a Copy

Discusses diplomas for the Society of the Cincinnati.

D'Estaing, Jean Baptiste Charles Henri Hector, 1729-1794
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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