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Field name | Value |
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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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