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Beaumez, Sarah Lyons Flucker, fl. 1784-1801 to Henry Knox [incomplete]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.08224 Author/Creator: Beaumez, Sarah Lyons Flucker, fl. 1784-1801 Place Written: Calcutta, India Type: Autograph letter signed Date: circa 1798 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 22.6 cm, Width: 18.4 cm Order a Copy

Discusses how she has not heard from her sons in a while and since being apart from them for more than two years, feels like a stranger to them. Also discusses some business matters.

Beaumez, Sarah Lyons Flucker, fl. 1784-1801
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1756-1824

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