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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.04214 |
From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0089] May-June 1789 |
Title | Aedanus Burke to Henry Knox about trying to raise money for Baron de Glasbeech |
Date | 21 May 1789 |
Author | Burke, Aedanus (1743-1802) |
Recipient | Knox, Henry |
Document Type | Correspondence |
Content Description | Mentions that he has tried unsuccessfully to "raise a subscription for the unfortunate Baron," likely the Baron de Glasbeech. Writes that there is nothing more he can do, except to send good wishes, and that he is "much mortified by it." A pencil note near the signature, likely written at a later date, states, "Who wrote against the Cincinnati," a reference to Burke's attacks on the Society. |
Subjects | Revolutionary War General Finance Military History Revolutionary War Immigration and Migration Soldier's Pay Poverty |
People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Burke, Aedanus (1743-1802) Glasbeech, Baron de (fl. 1781-1789) |
Theme | The American Revolution |
Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
Additional Information | Burke was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, an opposer of the Constitution at South Carolina's state ratifying convention, and a member of the first Congress (1789-1791). He was vehemently opposed to the Society of the Cincinnati. |
Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |