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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.04414 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0092] November-December 1789 |
| Title | William Eustis to Henry Knox on government appointments and the Society of the Cincinnati |
| Date | 13 November 1789 |
| Author | Eustis, William (1753-1825) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Non-governmental organization document |
| Content Description | Discusses a gentleman from Boston who is attempting to obtain the position of commissary of pensioners. Asks whether the appointment to that post is granted from the state or the Continent. Relates a request from the Marquis La Gallissonnière, possibly Augustin-Félix-Elisabeth Barrin, asking Knox for a diploma to give to Louis Antoine Thomassin, Comte de Peynier [also spelled Peinier], Governor of Saint-Domingue and member of the Society of the Cincinnati. Notes that a "gentleman of character," also a member of the Society, will be happy to deliver the diploma if Knox decides to send it. States that "[t]here seems to be a danger in giving a diploma to any foreign officer, and I am so much alive to the honor of the Society in this respect that I cannot desire that for the Count de Peynier unless you should have the most acquiescent satisfaction in the safety & propriety of the measure." Adds that other members of the Society think that the Viscount de Pontives, possibly Henri-Jean-Baptiste, comte de Ponteves-Gien, was granted membership by mistake. Notes that Rochambeau or the Count de Estaing recommended him, but "time & its information will convince you that he was not entitled to become a wearer of the bald eagle." |
| Subjects | Society of the Cincinnati Revolutionary War General Pension Military Provisions Office Seeker Military History Government and Civics Caribbean Fraternal Organization Global History and Civics France American Symbols and Seals |
| People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Eustis, William (1753-1825) Peinier, Louis Antoine Thomassin, Comte de (fl. 1789-1790) La Gallissonnière, Augustin-Félix-Elisabeth Barrin, Comte de (1742-1828) Ponteves-Gien, Henri-Jean-Baptiste, Comte de (ca. 1740-1790) Rochambeau, Jean-Baptiste-Donatien de Vimeur, Comte de (1725-1807) Estaing, Jean Baptiste Charles Henri Hector, Comte d' (1729-1794) |
| Place written | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Theme | The American Revolution; Government & Politics; Creating a New Government |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
| Related documents | Letter from Henry Knox to William Eustis on a military appointment and the Society of the Cincinnati |