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Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1756-1824 to Lucy Flucker Knox Thatcher

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07844 Author/Creator: Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1756-1824 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: January 30, 1804 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; Height: 24.9 cm, Width: 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.

Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1756-1824
Thatcher, Lucy Flucker Knox, 1776-1854
Knox, Henry Jackson, 1780-1832
Knox, Caroline Fisher, 1792-1851

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