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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.00282 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0012] January-April 1776 |
| Title | Lucy Knox to Henry Knox, thanking him for recent letters, encouraging him to come home and updating him on family news |
| Date | April 1776 |
| Author | Knox, Lucy Flucker (1756-1824) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Expresses her love for Henry and attempts to make him feel guilty for being away from home and family, particularly his infant daughter. Thanks him for his three recent letters (see GLC02437.00273, GLC02437.00275, GLC02437.00276) but wonders why the letter he promised from New York has not arrived. Mentions that their daughter Lucy was christened at Trinity Church. Comments on her alarm at hearing that the British have taken George's Island in Boston Harbor. Knox was then moving southward toward New York, planning coastal defenses against the British navy for Rhode Island and Connecticut in the process. |
| Subjects | Navy Religion Women's History Revolutionary War Military History Continental Army Children and Family Global History and Civics |
| People | Knox, Lucy Flucker (1756-1824) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Place written | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Theme | The American Revolution; Children & Family; Women in American History; Naval & Maritime; Religion |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
| Related documents | Letter from Henry Knox to Lucy Knox reporting his progress down the coast Letter from Henry Knox to Lucy Knox informing her of his movements and mentioning his longing to be with her Letter from Henry Knox to Lucy Knox lamenting their separation and commenting on the state of affairs in New London |
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