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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.03922 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0085] July-September 1788 |
| Title | Sarah Lyons Flucker Beaumez to Henry Knox on family and financial matters |
| Date | 1 July 1788 |
| Author | Beaumez, Sarah Lyons Flucker (fl. 1784-1801) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Thanks Knox for previous correspondence, and for being the caretaker of her children while they are in America. Discusses land in American inherited from her parents, Hannah and Thomas Flucker. Remarks that a great part of money from the inheritance will go toward "Mrs. Harwood, Mrs. Knox and the rest of our Fathers Creditors in England." Hopes Knox will put her inheritance money toward the proper education of her children. Would prefer educating them in the "Church, Law, or Physick" as opposed to sending them to join the army, though she has army and navy friends who could assist their advancement. Comments that Harriett, possibly her daughter, looks forward to the prospect of going to America to marry Henry's son, also named Henry. Harriet sends "one of her flowing locks" to Henry, Jr. |
| Subjects | Religion Revolutionary War General Children and Family Land Transaction Estate Finance Debt Global History and Civics Education Law Health and Medical Military History Navy Marriage Women's History |
| People | Beaumez, Sarah Lyons Flucker (fl. 1784-1801) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Knox, Henry Jackson (1780-1832) Flucker, Hannah (1726-1785) Flucker, Thomas (1719-1783) |
| Place written | Antigua |
| Theme | Children & Family; Women in American History; Banking & Economics; Education; Religion |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Additional Information | 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. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |