Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de (1757-1834) to Henry Knox
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03289 Author/Creator: Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de (1757-1834) Place Written: Paris, France Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1 August 1786 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 23 x 18.8 cm. Order a Copy
Says a letter of recommendation was requested by Madame Gregoire, who has claims to present to the General Court in Massachusetts. Thought the best way to help her was to introduce her to Knox "who can better than Any Body Advise Her How to act, and give Her Accounts of the frontier where she says she has some property." The docket says Gregoire was the claimant of Mount Desert Island in the District of Maine.
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