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Knox, Lucy Flucker (ca. 1756-1824) to Perez Morton

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.08058 Author/Creator: Knox, Lucy Flucker (ca. 1756-1824) Place Written: Thomaston, Maine Type: Autograph letter signed Date: January 1807 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 23.2 x 18.5 cm. Order a Copy

Written from Montpelier, the Knox home in Thomaston, Maine. Thanks Morton, the Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, for the condolences he sent on behalf of the House on the occasion of Henry Knox's death.

Morton, Perez, 1751-1837
Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1756-1824
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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