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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.00409 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0014] July-August 1776 |
| Title | Lucy Knox to Henry Knox asking him to look after his health and discussing their child |
| Date | 4 August 1776 |
| Author | Knox, Lucy Flucker (1756-1824) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | In response to her husbands recent illness, pleads with him to attend to his health. Worries about Henry's exposure to enemies. Thanks him for his expressions of love and comments on their baby's health. Requests updates on British activities. Sends Henry saltpeter from the mills in New Haven, Connecticut. She will consider going to Boston for smallpox inoculation but fears the arrival of foreign troops will limit her movements. |
| Subjects | Smallpox Disease Revolutionary War Revolutionary War General Love Letters Women's History Marriage Health and Medical Military History Revolutionary War Mill Military Supplies Global History and Civics Travel |
| People | Knox, Lucy Flucker (1756-1824) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Place written | New Haven, Connecticut |
| Theme | Children & Family; Women in American History; Health & Medicine |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
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