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Flucker, George Francis Waldo, fl. 1796-1801 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07120 Author/Creator: Flucker, George Francis Waldo, fl. 1796-1801 Place Written: Billerica, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 25 April 1798 Pagination: 1 p. ; 21.2 x 16.8 cm. Order a Copy

Writes to his uncle, Henry Knox, forwarding his accounts that he paid with the money Knox sent him. Also asks Knox to send him a pair of pistols which he will pay for right away. Creator could possibly be George Francis Waldo Flucker, more often referred to as just Francis.

Flucker, George Francis Waldo, fl. 1796-1801
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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