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Harwood, Hannah Flucker Urquhart (fl. 1774-1796) to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03499 Author/Creator: Harwood, Hannah Flucker Urquhart (fl. 1774-1796) Place Written: London, England Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 25 March 1787 Pagination: 3 p. : address : docket ; 23 x 18.5 cm. Order a Copy

Informs Knox that she sent a box of millinery for her sister Lucy, Knox's wife. Asks him to "speak favorably" about a friend's estate in New Hampshire. Comments on financial and personal business.

Hannah Flucker was a sister of Lucy Knox. She married for the first time to James Urquhart circa 1774, and then was divorced. She married a second time, to Richard Harwood, circa 1788.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Harwood, Hannah Flucker Urquhart, fl. 1774-1796

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