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to Lucy Flucker Knox

Writes about a young man traveling to America on the ship carrying this letter and discusses her daughter Harriette's health as well as the rest of her family.

GLC02437.07085

to Lucy Flucker Knox

Tells his mother he left New York the morning after her and arrived in Newport 22 hours later. He dined in Providence, spent the night there, and then went to Boston and stayed with Henry Jackson. He is currently staying with his uncle William Knox...

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to Lucy Flucker Knox Thatcher

Discusses family news with her daughter, Lucy, such as her son Henry Jackson Knox's upcoming departure on a trip and her other daughter Caroline's recent illness.

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to Lucy Flucker Knox

Knox writes to his wife from Philipsburgh (present-day Sleepy Hollow, New York). "... I have never found any absence from [Lucy] so truly insupportable as the present. I am alone amidst a croud [sic], and unhappy without my companion." He bemoans the...

GLC02437.01000

to Lucy Flucker Knox

This was written to Lucy Knox, the daughter of Lucy and Henry Knox. Expresses gratitude for previous hospitality. Reports on hearing about a fever in New York in a letter from 10 April. Comments on the terrible heat in Antigua. Reminiscences about...

GLC02437.05882

to Lucy Flucker Knox Thatcher

Writes a letter to her eldest daughter, Lucy, providing some details about members of their circle of acquaintance. Asks after Lucy's brother Henry, and his wife, Eliza. Mentions that their young sister, Caroline, is well.

GLC02437.07844

to Lucy Flucker Knox

Writes that he hopes she will write as frequently as possible, as he does not believe his family will be able to leave India until "next season." Encourages her to write despite the distance and the time it will take for her letters to arrive. Adds...

GLC02437.06878

to Lucy Flucker Knox [incomplete]

Writes to her niece, Lucy Flucker Knox, asking about her family, particularly her sisters Caroline and Julia, as well as her own sons.

GLC02437.07075

to Lucy Flucker Knox

Discusses the hard times her family is experiencing. Mentions her mother is still ill and is expected to die soon. Notes her brother's (the only remaining brother out of three) health is still precarious and all of her sisters have had fevers this...

GLC02437.09863

to Lucy Flucker Knox [incomplete]

Appears to be writing to her niece and asks that she gives her regards to her parents.

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