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Miranda, Francisco de (1750-1816) to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04563 Author/Creator: Miranda, Francisco de (1750-1816) Place Written: London, England Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 29 March 1790 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 22.8 x 18.9 cm. Order a Copy

Wishes to introduce Knox to a friend of his, Count Paolo Andreani from Milan, Italy, who intends to visit America. Describes him as a top "diletante in Chimistery, and natural history, in Europe." Asks him to introduce Count Andreani to General Washington.

Francisco de Miranda's full name is Francisco Sebastián de Miranda y Rodríguez de Espinosa, but he was most commonly referred to as "Francisco de Miranda."

Espinosa, Francisco Sebastián de Miranda y Rodríguez de, 1750-1816
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Miranda, Francisco de, 1750-1816
Andreani, Paolo, 1763-1823

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