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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.03566 |
From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0080] April-June 1787 |
Title | Henry Knox to Joseph Mandrillon rejecting his application to the Society of Cincinnati |
Date | 4 June 1787 |
Author | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
Additional authors | Pemberton, Robert (fl. 1775-1788) |
Recipient | Mandrillon, Joseph |
Document Type | Correspondence; Non-governmental organization document |
Content Description | Informs Mandrillon that the Society of the Cincinnati cannot accept him as a member. Adds that the Society, as an institution, is "too young to assume so much importance to appoint a gentleman of your abilities their historiographer..." Letter is in the hand of Robert Pemberton, Knox's secretary at the War Department. Also signed by Pemberton for Knox. |
Subjects | Society of the Cincinnati Fraternal Organization Military History Revolutionary War Continental Army Literature and Language Arts Office Seeker Global History and Civics Revolutionary War General |
People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Mandrillon, Joseph (1743-1794) Pemberton, Robert (fl. 1775-1788) |
Place written | New York, New York |
Theme | Government & Politics; The American Revolution |
Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
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