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Swan, Christiana, fl. 1799-1804 to Lucy Flucker Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07398 Author/Creator: Swan, Christiana, fl. 1799-1804 Place Written: Dorchester, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter Date: 01 May 1800 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 23 cm, Width: 18.6 cm Order a Copy

Christiana Swan writes a long letter to her friend Lucy Flucker Knox (Henry Knox's daughter). Miss Swan talks about her sister's wedding and why she has been delayed in writing Lucy. Swan fills Lucy in her trips and gossip.

Swan, Christiana, fl. 1799-1804
Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1756-1824

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