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Flucker, Hannah, 1726-1785 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03051 Author/Creator: Flucker, Hannah, 1726-1785 Place Written: Wells, England Type: Manuscript letter Date: 25 September 1784 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 23 cm, Width: 18.6 cm Order a Copy

Knox's mother-in-law thanks Knox for his efforts to "secure as much as possible of my late Husband's Estate for the benefit of my family." Discusses details of the estate, land situated in the United States. Reports on her own happiness, living with Lucy's brother Thomas. Notes, "I intend writing my daughter soon, she will excuse me now, as I have been lately very ill with the bilious cholic."

Flucker, Hannah, 1726-1785
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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