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1786
[Henry Knox's account with Jeremiah Wadsworth]
Account between General Henry Knox and Colonel Jeremiah Wadsworth for the year 1786. Docket reveals a balance due to Knox. Additional calculations on verso.
GLC02437.03402
1 August 1788
Broglio, Francois, comte de, fl. 1786-1788
to Henry Knox [in French]
Discusses the Society of the Cincinnati. Appears to have been written from Fort Dauphin in Santo Domingo (Saint Domingue, in the present-day Dominican Republic).
GLC02437.03952
13 September 1786
Written from "Quartier Dauphin." According to the docket, written from Saint Domingue to recommend the Baron de la Valletiere for membership in the Society of the Cincinnati.
GLC02437.03299
28 August 1794
Moustier, Éléonor François Élie, marquis de, 1751-1817
Letter is in French.
GLC02437.06186
2 May 1790
D'Estaing, Jean Baptiste Charles Henri Hector, 1729-1794
Discusses diplomas for the Society of the Cincinnati.
GLC02437.04593
14 August 1783
Flint, Royal, 1754-1797
[Knox's account with Daniel Parker]
Includes account information from 3 April 1783 - 13 August 1783. Docket indicates that this document pertains to Daniel Parker & Co., a trading company.
GLC02437.10127
24 October 1782
Rostaing, Juste-Antoine-Henri-Marie-Germaine, marquis de, 1740-1826
Docket, in English, notes "From the Marquis Rostaing acknowledging the receipt of two mortars taken in the enemy redoubts at York Town in Virginia... "
GLC02437.09556
28 April 1782
Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794
Mostly written in French, introducing Brigadier General Le Comte De Bennofsky , of the French Army. Short paragraph in English reads: "Lt. Philips is taken. A Treaty of diffensiv & offensiv alliance signed between France & Holland. Huza my friend...
GLC02437.01397
20 June 1784
Offers sentiments of friendship. Written at the "Louvre." Contains a note, written later in pencil at the bottom of the page: "This was a house in the present 57th in NY- why called the 'Louvre' is not known. Steuben was living there at the date...
GLC02437.03020
20 May 1794
Discusses the French Revolution and mentions St. Domingue [Haiti]. Mentions obtaining a title [or introduction?] for an acquaintance. Refers to George Washington. Also speaks of affairs in Europe. States, "La France sera une monarchie" (predicts...
GLC02437.06101
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