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[Room and board for Miss Knox]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.08549 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 7 May 1782 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 5.6 cm, Width: 19.7 cm Order a Copy

2 months room and board for Henry Knox's daughter Lucy while she was being taught by George Smith. Lucy stayed with Mrs. A. Brodeau. Total came to £10. Docket in Samuel Shaw's hand.

Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1756-1824

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