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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to [Anne-César] Chevalier de la Luzerne

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.10180 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 6 November 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 35.2 cm, Width: 23.1 cm Order a Copy

Informs the Chevalier that "two pieces of cannon, and their carriages" will be arriving to be presented to the Count de Grasse at the direction of Congress "for the important services he rendered to the United States." Notes that the artist who engraved the emblems and inscriptions took longer than expected to finish. Says he addresses them to Luzerne "in case of the departure of his Excellency general Washington and the Secretary at War from Princeton." Contains some water damage along the left side. Watermarked with three fleur-de-lis inside a crest.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
La Luzerne, Anne César de, 1741-1791
Grasse, François Joseph Paul de Grasse, comte de, 1722-1788

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