Behague, Jean Pierre Antoine, comte de, 1727-1813 to George Washington [in French]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04963 Author/Creator: Behague, Jean Pierre Antoine, comte de, 1727-1813 Place Written: Fort Royal, Martinique Type: Manuscript letter signed Date: May 29, 1791 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 31.8 cm, Width: 20.3 cm Order a Copy
The letter, which is in French, appears to be about the request of several French officers to join the Society of the Cincinnati. Behague, Governor of the French Windward Islands, requests a diploma for himself and for Fressinaux from the Society of the Cincinnati. Also sends his regards and pleasantries to Washington. Includes, on page 2, a copy of the text of a letter from Lafayette to Behargue. Recipient inferred from content of this letter and from another letter (GLC02437.05115) written by President George Washington's secretary William Jackson, dated August 12, 1791.
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