Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1756-1824 to Henry Knox

GLC02437.00589

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GLC#
GLC02437.00589-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
8 May 1777
Author/Creator
Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1756-1824
Title
to Henry Knox
Place Written
Massachusetts
Pagination
2 p. : address : docket ; Height: 32 cm, Width: 19.6 cm
Primary time period
American Revolution, 1763-1783
Sub-Era
The War for Independence

Informs Knox that their daughter has smallpox, but is recovering, and acting "very lively." Discusses sending Knox waistcoats and breeches through Colonel Mason. At her current location, has no company except for [Henry] Gardner, Treasurer of Massachusetts, and Madam Heath, "who is so stiff it is impossible to be sociable with her."

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