Mitchell sends copy of Machiavelli to Knox
Document 1791Letter, discusses Machiavelli's Art of War.
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To Gen. Henry Knox
Secretary of War
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Letter, discusses Machiavelli's Art of War.
Date
08/19/1791
Author
Recipient
Repository
Collection
Document number
1791081940001
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Notable persons
Henry Knox
Samuel Elliot
Machiavelli
Notable items
Aldus's Edition of Machiavelli's Art of War in the original Italian language and character
contains any thing very instructive to a man acquainted with modern tactics and military discipline
disinclination to peruse in the original
celebrated politician
honor of offering to the Secretary at War a small work which I felt with my hands some time ago and which I believe to be a literary curiosity