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Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1756-1824 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09933 Author/Creator: Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1756-1824 Place Written: Trenton, New Jersey Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1788 Pagination: 3 p. : Height: 23.4 cm, Width: 19.1 cm Order a Copy

Writes that she misses him and is quite impatient for him to come home. Discusses their children and mutual friends. Date previously inferred, written in pencil.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1756-1824

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