- GLC#
- GLC02437.07761-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- October 13, 1802
- Author/Creator
- Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
- Title
- to Mr. Kerby
- Place Written
- Thomaston, Maine
- Pagination
- 3 p. : docket ; Height: 28.4 cm, Width: 19.9 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Age of Jefferson & Madison
Letter is not signed but appears to be in Knox's handwriting. Discusses their mutual friend Mrs. [Sarah Lyons] Beaumez (Knox's sister-in-law) and the loss of her husband. Mentions Beaumez's sons (Thomas and Francis Flucker) and how he hopes they will be led down the path of honor. Also speaks of a cargo full of lumber which might be of service to the Navy. Docket notes letter as a draft.
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