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Knox, Henry (1750-1806) to Lucy Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.05089 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 27 July 1791 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket ; 25.4 x 19.8 cm. Order a Copy

Reports that Mrs. Flucker arrived in New York from Antigua this afternoon with her 2 children, Thomas and Muriel. Says she is with him at Mrs. Lorings. Writes, "You will be charmed with and proud of her." She will set off from Elizabethtown either Friday or Saturday morning. They shall lodge with Colonel [Samuel] Ogden.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1756-1824

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