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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Leroy [Bayer] & Mr. [Evers]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07506 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter Date: February 15, 1801 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; Height: 24.9 cm, Width: 19.9 cm Order a Copy

Informs them that Mrs. [Sarah Lyons] Beaumez's son, Francis Flucker, was appointed by the British government and is serving in India and that her other son, Thomas Flucker, is a midshipman on his way to the West Indies. Continues to discuss the Flucker's and their future plans. Letter is not signed but appears to be in Knox's hand.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Bayard, LeRoy, fl. 1801
Flucker, Thomas, fl. 1796-1801
Flucker, George Francis Waldo, fl. 1796-1801
Beaumez, Sarah Lyons Flucker, fl. 1784-1801

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