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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.10311 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0123] July-September 1794 |
| Title | Henry Knox to David Cobb about a coming trip to Boston |
| Date | 12 July 1794 |
| Author | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Recipient | Cobb, David |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Discusses an upcoming trip to Boston, Massachusetts and expresses that "I am anxious that you should [go to] the [Marne ?] with me." Goes on to mention a "Pichgreu," stating "[w]hat a flabigasting he has given the Emperor and his satelites." Watermarked "J Watt & C Patent Copying/Sold by J Woodmason/London." Letterpress copy. |
| Subjects | Travel Military History Global History and Civics Foreign Affairs |
| People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Cobb, David (1748-1830) Pichegru, Jean-Charles (1761-1804) |
| Place written | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Theme | Foreign Affairs |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Additional Information | Cobb was a lieutenant colonel of Henry Jackson’s regiment, serving in Rhode Island and New Jersey, and an aide-de-camp on the staff of General Washington. He was appointed a Major General of Militia and rendered conspicuous service during Shays Rebellion. Cobb also served as a Representative for Massachusetts from 1793-1794. Pichgreu most likely refers to Jean-Charles Pichegru, a French general and political figure of the French Revolution and Revolutionary Wars. He briefly served in the American Revolutionary War and later commanded French forces. Pichegru overran the Austrian Netherlands, occupied the United Netherlands (which the victors reorganized as the Batavian Republic), and routed the allied armies of the Rhine. This sequence of reversals resulted in the disintegration of the anti-French coalition. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |