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- GLC#
- GLC02437.03722-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 12 December 1787
- Author/Creator
- Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
- Title
- to Jean Baptiste Vigoureuse Du Plessis
- Place Written
- New York, New York
- Pagination
- 3 p. : docket ; Height: 33.3 cm, Width: 20.2 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- Creating a New Government
Was sorry to hear about Du Plessis' illness. Worries about the situation in Europe, notes that the "patriotic party appear to be humbled to the dust." Hears about an "impending War between France & England our wishes are decisively in favor of France." Writes that he has written to Count D'Estaing and Count de Rochambeau for a list of the officers of the royal Army and Navy of France that are members of the Society of the Cincinnati in order to execute their diplomas. Noted as a copy with the docket written in French.
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