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Tousard, Louis de (1749-1817) to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07525 Author/Creator: Tousard, Louis de (1749-1817) Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 29 April 1801 Pagination: 2 p. : address : docket ; 24.4 x 20.3 cm. Order a Copy

Introduces Knox to Lt. James Wilson. Requests Knox signs his "Diploma of the Association of the Cincinnati."

Tousard, Louis de, 1749-1817
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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