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Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1756-1824 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00651 Author/Creator: Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1756-1824 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 18 September 1777 Pagination: 1 p. : address Height: 22.5 cm, Width: 17.7 cm Order a Copy

Worries that her letters might fall into enemy hands. Reports that she and their daughter, Lucy, are in good health. Beseeches Henry to send for her. Notes that she has forwarded "six or seven letters" to Henry.

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

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