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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.02769 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0069] November 1783 |
| Title | Baron von Steuben to Henry Knox criticizing Aedanus Blake, the author of an anti-Society of the Cincinnati pamphlet [in French] |
| Date | 11 November 1783 |
| Author | Von Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm August Heinrich Ferdinand (1730-1794) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Non-governmental organization document |
| Content Description | In French except for refrain - "Blow the trumpet in Zion." Von Steuben criticizes Aedanus Burke, aka "Cassius," the author of an anti-Society of the Cincinnati pamphlet ("Considerations on the Society or Order of Cincinnati," 1783). Burke, a South Carolina Supreme Court justice, accused the society of trying to create "a race of hereditary Patricians or Nobility," with von Steuben as their grand master. Von Steuben jokingly passes the accusation over to Knox, suggesting that "the young Marquis Harry Knox" has used him as a cat's paw to further his aristocratic ends. Noted as written in Shulkill (perhaps Schuylkill, in Pennsylvania). Docketed by Knox on verso. |
| Subjects | Society of the Cincinnati Printing Journalism Revolutionary War General Fraternal Organization Immigration and Migration Continental Army Military History Revolutionary War |
| People | Von Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm August Heinrich Ferdinand (1730-1794) |
| Theme | Arts & Literature; 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 |