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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Lucy Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00666 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 25 November 1777 Pagination: 2 p. : address : docket ; 33.4 x 20.4 cm. Order a Copy

Knox writes, "I am unhappy to the last degree that you should suppose in the least that my affection for you is diminish [sic]- my God knows how much I suffer for your sake how much anxiety I go thro this you may rely upon my dearest Love that I have no other affection on earth..." Hopes to see her sometime during the upcoming winter.

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

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