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Knox, Lucy Flucker (ca. 1756-1824) to Lucy Flucker Knox Thatcher

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07844 Author/Creator: Knox, Lucy Flucker (ca. 1756-1824) Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 30 January 1804 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; 24.9 x 20.1 cm. Order a Copy

Writes a letter to her eldest daughter, Lucy, providing some details about members of their circle of acquaintance. Asks after Lucy's brother Henry, and his wife, Eliza. Mentions that their young sister, Caroline, is well.

Addressed only to "my dearly beloved daughter," but she addresses her daughter as "Lucy" in the body of the letter.

Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1776-1854
Thatcher, Lucy Flucker Knox, 1776-1854
Knox, Henry Jackson, 1780-1832
Knox, Caroline Fisher, 1792-1851

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