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Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1756-1824 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00602 Author/Creator: Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1756-1824 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 26 May 1777 Pagination: 2 p. : address : docket ; Height: 32.3 cm, Width: 20.3 cm Order a Copy

Laments her lonely situation, noting that a recent visitor brought her news of Henry, but no letter from him. Envies the wives of generals able to travel with their husbands: "happy Mrs. Washington happy Mrs Gates in short I do not recollect an instance like my own- Mrs. Greens you will say is similar, but it is not Mrs G and myself were not cast in one mould." Wishes to visit Henry (at that time in Morristown, New Jersey) declaring "Boston is called a place of danger." Discusses the health of their children.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1756-1824
Washington, Martha, 1731-1802
Greene, Catharine Littlefield, 1755-1814
Gates, Elizabeth, ?-1783

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