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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Lucy Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00577 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Morristown, New Jersey Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 20 April 1777 Pagination: 2 p. : address : docket ; Height: 21.2 cm, Width: 14.9 cm Order a Copy

The Americans "are getting strong" while "the enemy by all accounts...must be very imbecile." Hopes she is recovering from the smallpox inoculation, and sends his love to her and their daughter.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1756-1824

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