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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to John Conrad Zollickoffer

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.05075 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter Date: July 19, 1791 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 31.4 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Knox reference's Zollickoffer's letter from July 15 (GLC02437.05065). Says that all foreign members of the Society of the Cincinnati are to be selected by Comte D'Estaing, Comte de Rochambeau, and the Marquis de Lafayette. Says Captain Cottineau should direct his application to those gentlemen. Place not listed, however, another letter (GLC02437.05074) written on the same day places Knox in Philadelphia.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Zollickoffer, John Conrad, 1742-1797
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834
Rochambeau, Donatien Marie Joseph de Vimeur, vicomte de, 1750-1813
Hector, Jean Baptiste Charles Henri, Comte D'Estaing (Marquis de Saillans)., 1729-1794
Cottineau, Denis Nicholas, 1745-1808

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