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. ; 18.2 x 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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Extract of a letter, from the Count Augustus de Grasse to General Washington, to be laid before the General Meeting of the Cincinnati; from which the Count has been informed he is to expect his Answer.
After mentioning the honours which the Comte de Grasse, his deceased father, had received from America, he proceeds:
"Il seroit bien flatteur pour sa memoire: & bien agréable pour moi, de pouvoir conserver à son nom, une autre preuve de la satisfaction du Congrès. L'Aigle de Cincinnatus avoit etès originainment etablis pour perpetuer d'age en [2] age le souvenir de l'Independance Americaine. Daigné, Mon General, m'obtenir des Etats la permission de porter Celui dont ils avoient décoré Mon Pere. C'est une Grace que Je demande avec instances a Votre Excellence: et Je la Suplie détre d'avance bien persuadeé de ma reconnoissance.
Je suis avect Respect,
de Votre Excellence
Mon General
le tres Humble et
tres Obeissent Serviteur
Le Cte Auguste de Grasse"
Paris le 11 Mars 1788.
[docket]
De Grasse
to Washington
Paris 11 March 1788
(Extract)
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