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Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1756-1824 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00409 Author/Creator: Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1756-1824 Place Written: New Haven, Connecticut Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 4 August 1776 Pagination: 3 p. : address ; 30.8 x 18.2 cm. Order a Copy

In response to her husbands recent illness, pleads with him to attend to his health. Worries about Henry's exposure to enemies. Thanks him for his expressions of love and comments on their baby's health. Requests updates on British activities. Sends Henry saltpeter from the mills in New Haven, Connecticut. She will consider going to Boston for smallpox inoculation but fears the arrival of foreign troops will limit her movements.

Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1756-1824
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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