Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Sarah Lyons Flucker Beaumez
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.06713 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Manuscript letter Date: 22 April 1796 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; Height: 32 cm, Width: 20.2 cm Order a Copy
Docket may be in the hand of Henry Knox. Seems to agree to a proposal by which Mrs. Beaumez's children would be taken in to Knox's home temporarily. Discusses some of the financial details. Mentions the issue of her children's inheritance of some of the Waldo patent lands, as well as her receipt of a letter on the subject by Mr. [Christopher] Gore. Hopes he can do right by her children. Mentions the death of a Mr. Russell, as well as issues relating to Mrs. Beaumez traveling with her husband.
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