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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Henry Lee

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.10266 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 13 May 1793 Pagination: 3 p. : Height: 39.7 cm, Width: 25.5 cm Order a Copy

Discusses the action of March 18 [the Battle of Neerwinden] and French politics and military. Comments that "[u]pon viewing the affairs of France according to the present reforms the most whole cause ever embraced by men, seems to be verging fast to ruin by the indescretion and villany of its leaders." Continues writing about views on the French Revolution. Watermarked. Letterpress copy.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Lee, Henry, 1756-1818

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