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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to [Pieter Johan] Van Berckel

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03568 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Manuscript letter signed Date: 4 June 1787 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 22.9 cm, Width: 18.9 cm Order a Copy

Written to "P.J." Van Berckel, likely Pieter Johan Van Berckel. Replies to Van Berckel's letter from 9 May, in which he recommended Joseph Mandrillon for membership in the Society of the Cincinnati. Regrets that the Society's rules "did not permit to associate so worthy a character." Refer to GLC02437.03566 for Knox's letter to Mandrillon.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Van Berckel, Pieter Johan, 1725-1800
Pemberton, Robert, fl. 1775-1788
Mandrillon, Joseph, 1743-1794

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