Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1756-1824 to Henry Knox

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GLC02437.00602
GLC#
GLC02437.00602-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
May 26, 1777
Author/Creator
Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1756-1824
Title
to Henry Knox
Place Written
Boston, Massachusetts
Pagination
2 p. : address : docket ; Height: 32.3 cm, Width: 20.3 cm
Primary time period
American Revolution, 1763-1783
Sub-Era
The War for Independence

Laments her lonely situation, noting that a recent visitor brought her news of Henry, but no letter from him. Envies the wives of generals able to travel with their husbands: "happy Mrs. Washington happy Mrs Gates in short I do not recollect an instance like my own- Mrs. Greens you will say is similar, but it is not Mrs G and myself were not cast in one mould." Wishes to visit Henry (at that time in Morristown, New Jersey) declaring "Boston is called a place of danger." Discusses the health of their children.

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