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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09902 Author/Creator: Beaumez, Sarah Lyons Flucker, fl. 1784-1801 Place Written: Kolkata, India Type: Autograph letter signed Date: circa 1796-1820 Pagination: 2 p. : address ; Height: 22.1 cm, Width: 18 cm Order a Copy

Writes a disheartened letter to Mrs. [Lucy?] Knox. States her spirits are depressed over her anxiety for her loved ones in America.

Beaumez, Sarah Lyons Flucker, fl. 1784-1801
Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1756-1824

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