Knox, Henry (1750-1806) to Benjamin Franklin
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03593 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 28 June 1787 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 30.8 x 19.6 cm. Order a Copy
Discusses the possibility of a Monsieur de Varonault's admittance into the Society of the Cincinnati. Writes in full, " I have the honor to acknowledge the weight of your Excellencys application respecting Monsieur de Varonault of the French Navy to be admitted with the society of the Cincinnati which I submitted to the Society. I am directed by the society to inform your Excellency that it will be necessary that Monsieur de Varonault address himself to the society in France agreeable to the [illegible] provided by the Genl Society."
[draft]
Philadelphia 28 June 1787
Sir,
I have the honor to acknowledge the weight of your Excellencys application respecting Monsieur de Varonault of the French Navy to be admitted with the society of the Cincinnati which I submitted to the Society
I am directed by the society to inform your Excellency that it will be necessary that Monsieur de Varonault address himself to the society in France agreeable to the [illegible] provided by the Genl Society
I have the honor to be
Sir with the highest
Respect Yr Excellencys
Most obedient humble
Sert
H Knox
His Excellency
Doctor Franklin
[docket]
To his Excellency Doctor
Franklin
28 June 1787
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