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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.02163 |
From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0059] June 1783 |
Title | Henry Knox to the Vicomte de Noailles about victory in the war and the Society of the Cincinnati |
Date | 16 June 1783 |
Author | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
Recipient | Knox, Henry |
Document Type | Correspondence |
Content Description | Written by Knox to the Viscount de Noailles. References two of Noailles's letters -- one from Boston and the other from France -- that needed to be answered. Says he did not know where to send the answer as Noailles was rumored to be anywhere from Gibraltar to Jamaica. Says no matter where he gets this letter, he hopes Noailles will "remember that you have a friend in america who wishes you the most perfect happiness." Goes on to say "The glorious peace, by which the American Liberty is so amply established, will ever be remembered to have been the Work of France - Our gratitude and affection for your illustrious nation will never [dull?] with time." Says they have started an officers' society called the Society of the Cincinnati and that it is to include the French officers. Hopes he will be a part of it. Is sorry he could not express his friendship in person before he left America. |
Subjects | Society of the Cincinnati Treaty France Revolutionary War Revolutionary War General Military History Caribbean Friendship Global History and Civics Freedom and Independence Fraternal Organization |
People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Noailles, Louis Marie, Vicomte de (1756-1804) |
Place written | West Point, New York |
Theme | 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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