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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to John Holloway

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07529 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 6 May 1801 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; Height: 21.7 cm, Width: 18.1 cm Order a Copy

Discusses Francis and Thomas Flucker's whereabouts and doings with British Rear Admiral Holloway. States Francis Flucker is serving as a midshipman on board of a ship of war for the United States in the West Indies. Says Thomas Flucker would make a great Navy officer in the British Navy.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Holloway, John, 1744-1826
Flucker, George Francis Waldo, fl. 1796-1801
Flucker, Thomas, fl. 1796-1801

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