Knox, Lucy Flucker (ca. 1756-1824) to Henry Knox
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00589 Author/Creator: Knox, Lucy Flucker (ca. 1756-1824) Place Written: Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 8 May 1777 Pagination: 2 p. : address : docket ; 32 x 19.6 cm. Order a Copy
Informs Knox that their daughter has smallpox, but is recovering, and acting "very lively." Discusses sending Knox waistcoats and breeches through Colonel Mason. At her current location, has no company except for [Henry] Gardner, Treasurer of Massachusetts, and Madam Heath, "who is so stiff it is impossible to be sociable with her."
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