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Collection Reference Number GLC02437.02960
From Archive Folder The Henry Knox Papers [0071] January-March 1784 
Title Henry Knox to George Washington reflecting on the Revolutionary War and news of congress
Date 21 February 1784
Author Knox, Henry (1750-1806)  
Recipient Washington, George  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Knox reflects on the Revolutionary War: "Your calm retreat to Mount Vernon must be a source of ineffable delight to you. You can from there take a retrospective view of the critical exigencies of the War, and see a thousand ways by which the issue might have been the reverse of what it is- And your happiness must be in proportion to the extreme difficulties and danger in the contest and the immense blessings secured to your country by the glorious peace... " Gives Washington news of Congress. Discusses the Society of the Cincinnati: "The Cincinnati appears however groundless to be an object of jealousy..." Notes that in response to the Society of the Cincinnati, a committee has been chosen by the Legislature of Massachusetts to investigate associations that "may have a tendency to create a race of an hereditary nobility..." Knox's retained draft.
Subjects Society of the Cincinnati  Revolutionary War  Revolutionary War General  Military History  Continental Army  President  Mount Vernon  Global History and Civics  Continental Congress  Congress  Fraternal Organization  Government and Civics  
People Washington, George (1732-1799)  Knox, Henry (1750-1806)  
Place written Boston, Massachusetts
Theme Foreign Affairs; Government & Politics; The Presidency; The American Revolution; 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
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