Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1756-1824 to Henry Knox

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GLC#
GLC02437.01257-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
23 October 1781
Author/Creator
Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1756-1824
Title
to Henry Knox
Place Written
Mount Vernon, Virginia
Pagination
2 p. : address ;. : docket ;
Primary time period
American Revolution, 1763-1783
Sub-Era
The War for Independence

Has heard from Colonel Jeremiah Wadsworth that Lord Cornwallis' surrender at Yorktown had occurred, or would shortly. She has received his letter of 16 October 1781 and is awaiting the next, which Knox wrote on 19 October 1781 (see GLC02437.01231 and GLC02437.01244, respectively). Indicates that this letter will be delivered by Lund Washington, who will provide some news about Knox's young son. She has not heard from their daughter Lucy in Philadelphia. Wants to know when she will see him and indicates that another letter from her will be delivered by Martha Washington. In a post script asks that her bag be placed on George Washington's boat if it has not already been sent to her by her brother-in-law William Knox.

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