Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1756-1824 to Henry Knox
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01230 Author/Creator: Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1756-1824 Place Written: Mount Vernon, Virginia Type: Autograph letter Date: 16 October 1781 Pagination: 2 p. : Order a Copy
Writes that Martha Washington and Nellie Calvert Custis received letters from their husbands letting them know how they are and what is happening in the war. Chastises Henry for not writing. She misses their daughter Lucy, who was living in Philadelphia, but has heard that she is well. Urges him to write back. Knox was then engaged in the siege of Yorktown. The letter is not complete.
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