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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Lucy Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00432 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 2 September 1776 Pagination: 2 p. : address : docket ; Height: 19.3 cm, Width: 15.8 cm Order a Copy

A brief and hurried letter to let Lucy know that he is well and in good spirits. Displays optimism about the war, although at the time the American forces were being driven from New York City by the British.

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

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