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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07510 Author/Creator: Beaumez, Sarah Lyons Flucker, fl. 1784-1801 Place Written: Burdwan, India Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 6 March 1801 Pagination: 7 p. : address ; Height: 22.1 cm, Width: 18.3 cm Order a Copy

Writes to her sister-in-law. Inquires after her god-daughter and the rest of Lucy Knox's family. Appears to express her disappointment in [Henry] Knox's silence regarding her children (likely Francis and Thomas Flucker). Comments on Knox's responsibility as their guardian and of her childrens' "Natural Claims" to the family property. Also appears to express her regret over her sons' "youthful" behavior but does not believe it reflects poorly upon their feeling towards Lucy Knox and Henry Knox. Seems to believe that [Henry] Knox's letter was harsh regarding her children and disagrees with Knox calling them "criminal."

Beaumez, Sarah Lyons Flucker, fl. 1784-1801
Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1756-1824
Flucker, George Francis Waldo, fl. 1796-1801
Flucker, Thomas, fl. 1796-1801
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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