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Beaumez, Sarah Lyons Flucker, fl. 1784-1801 to Lucy Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.05753 Author/Creator: Beaumez, Sarah Lyons Flucker, fl. 1784-1801 Place Written: Hingham, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 23 December 1792 Pagination: 2 p. : address ; Height: 22.6 cm, Width: 19 cm Order a Copy

Writes that she is doing much better, since she was suffering from an illness. Her son was ill as well. Mentions that Henry, presumably Henry Jackson Knox, spent some time with her and is now out with his cousins, though he will be back in time for tea. Gives her love to Lucy and all her family.

Beaumez, Sarah Lyons Flucker, fl. 1784-1801
Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1756-1824

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