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Collection Reference Number GLC02437.03649
From Archive Folder The Henry Knox Papers [0081] July-September 1787 
Title Henry Knox to Catharine Littlefield Greene about her financial situation
Date 31 August 1787
Author Knox, Henry (1750-1806)  
Recipient Greene, Catharine Littlefield  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Discusses Mrs. Greene's financial situation and her children. Mentions the quality of the schools in France as being one of the best, where "the system is admirably adapted to impress the best habits - both of body and mind - Dancing fencing... " Also writes that the Marquis de Lafayette is willing to help her, as he was friends with her husband, the late General Nathanael Greene. Knox writes that if she chooses to send her son to school in France, the Marquis "will be the friend of your son... " Mentions the cannons with the inscription to Greene's late husband are now complete. Also notes that [John] Jay has received from [Thomas] Jefferson a gold medal that was designed for Greene's late husband.
Subjects Revolutionary War General  Friendship  Finance  Estate  Women's History  Children and Family  Education  Sports and Games  Weaponry  France  Artillery  Revolutionary War  President  Art, Music, Theater, and Film  
People Knox, Henry (1750-1806)  Greene, Catharine Littlefield (1755-1814)  Lafayette, Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, Marquis de (1757-1834)  
Place written New York, New York
Theme The American Revolution; Education; Foreign Affairs; Children & Family; Women in American History
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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