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Knox, Henry (1750-1806) to Sarah Lyons Flucker

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02951 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 12 February 1784 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; 32.1 x 20.1 cm. Order a Copy

Informs Flucker, possibly Sarah Lyons Flucker, of the well-being of Lucy and the Knox children (the Fluckers were Loyalists and left America at the outbreak of the Revolutionary War). Expresses his wish for a reunion between Lucy and her family. Requests documents related to an estate, likely the Waldo estate, of which Lucy was partially entitled to inherit as the granddaughter of General Samuel Waldo. Requests Flucker to give him power of attorney in matters related to the estate, noting that she may be able to recover her segment for her sole use. Instructs Flucker to send the papers with his brother William. Bottom right corner slightly brunt. Docket notes that this letter was sent by the care of Mr. John Appleton.

Sarah Lyons Flucker was the wife of Lucy Knox's brother, Captain Thomas Flucker. She got remarried, after Captain Flucker's death, to Bon-Albert Briois de Beaumez, circa 1796.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Beaumez, Sarah Lyons Flucker, fl. 1784-1801
Waldo, Samuel, 1695-1759

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