Grasse, Alexandre-Francois Auguste, Marquis de, 1765-1845 to George Washington [in French]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03820 Author/Creator: Grasse, Alexandre-Francois Auguste, Marquis de, 1765-1845 Place Written: Paris, France Type: Manuscript letter Date: 11 March 1788 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 18.2 cm, Width: 15 cm Order a Copy
Extract from a letter (in French) from Augustus de Grasse to George Washington to be presented before the Society of the Cincinnati, regarding Augustus's father, Admiral Francois De Grasse. The younger de Grasse asks Washington's permission to wear his late father's Society of the Cincinnati eagle medallion.
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