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Beaumez, Sarah Lyons Flucker (fl. 1784-1801) to Lucy Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.06089 Author/Creator: Beaumez, Sarah Lyons Flucker (fl. 1784-1801) Place Written: Hingham, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 3 May 1794 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket ; 23.6 x 20.1 cm. Order a Copy

Discusses her upcoming travels to England and the West Indies. Mentions Henry [Jackson Knox] (Lucy's son) was in Boston, Massachusetts for vacation and is on his way back to school. Sarah Lyons Flucker was Lucy's sister-in-law.

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.

Beaumez, Sarah Lyons Flucker, fl. 1784-1801
Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1756-1824
Knox, Henry Jackson, 1780-1832

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