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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Lucy Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01391 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Elizabeth, New Jersey Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 15 April 1782 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket ; 32.3 x 20.2 cm. Order a Copy

Was happy to receive her last letter, though sounded as if she was in some distress; hopes the distress was simply that she missed him: "This implication I hope however is the consequence of an ardent affection. I am mortified that I have been so long absent from you, but I now think that we shall be able to get away from here tomorrow." Believes that they may stop "one day at Morris perhaps to make our report to the General and in two days afterwards be in Philadelphia." Sends love to the children and to the Biddle family, with whom Lucy and their children are staying.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1756-1824
Biddle, Clement, 1740-1814

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