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- GLC#
- GLC02437.00642-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 28 August 1777
- Author/Creator
- Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1756-1824
- Title
- to Henry Knox
- Place Written
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Pagination
- 2 p. : address ; Height: 22.3 cm, Width: 18.7 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Reprimands Henry for not writing sooner. Notes that she sent a letter to Henry with Captain Randall. Asks Henry to intervene on behalf of Captain Bliss regarding an unspecified matter. Writes, "It is very strange that you mention nothing to me of a strange letter I sent you from the pretended Dutchess addressed to his excellency- I do not like to be treated so..." Notes that "your man Jacksons wife" is displeased by hearing nothing from him. Reports that she and their "little girl," Lucy, are doing well.
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