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Field name	Value
Collection Reference Number	GLC02437.03443
From Archive Folder	The Henry Knox Papers [0079] January-March 1787
Title	Hannah Flucker Harwood to Lucy Knox
Date	5 February 1787
Author	Harwood, Hannah Flucker Urquhart (fl. 1774-1796)
Recipient	Knox, Lucy Flucker
Document Type	Correspondence; Business and financial document
Content Description	Discusses financial arrangements regarding the settlement of the Flucker estate. Is happy Mrs. Knox now seems to believe she acted for the best. Discusses Mr. [James] Webber and Mr. [Thomas] Longman, agents who are working with them to settle debts. Mentions frequent correspondence with Mr. Jephson, but is sad to note her lack of friends and relatives in London. Wishes to be near her sister and is almost tempted to take the voyage to America. Asks whether Mrs. Knox will send her one of her daughters for companionship; promises to treat her with "a mother's fondness" and feels she is "capable of forming her morals & conduct." Sends her love to Henry Knox.
Subjects	Women's History Estate Children and Family Finance Debt Travel Morality and Ethics
People	Harwood, Hannah Flucker Urquhart (fl. 1774-1796) Knox, Lucy Flucker (1756-1824) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826) Longman, Thomas (1731-1797) Webber, James (fl. 1783-1797)
Place written	London, England
Theme	Children & Family; Law
Sub-collection	The Henry Knox Papers
Additional Information	Hannah Flucker was a sister of Lucy Knox. She married for the first time to James Urquhart circa 1774, and then was divorced. She married a second time, to Richard Harwood, circa 1788.
Copyright	The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module	Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859

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