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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.00625 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0017] May-August 1777 |
| Title | Lucy Knox to Henry Knox discussing how she wants to join him in New Jersey in September despite his refusal |
| Date | 17 July 1777 |
| Author | Knox, Lucy Flucker (1756-1824) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Knox's wife Lucy writes, "... I am resolved nothing shall prevent my coming to you early in September but your positive refusal, in which case, I will try to be as indifferent as I shall then think you are." Reports that Knox's brother William is on his way to join Henry in New Jersey. Worries that Knox will "fall into the usual error of absent lovers- that indifference will take place of that refined affection, which you have entertained for me..." From a family letter, Lucy learned that Thomas Flucker, her father, "enjoys his three hundred a year as Secretary of the province." Asks Henry's opinion on the Battle of Ticonderoga, which took place in early July 1777. Also mentions the capture of The Fox, a British frigate. In a post script, notes that William left her money "free of incumbrances." |
| Subjects | Navy Battle Women's History Children and Family Revolutionary War Revolutionary War General Marriage Military History Travel Children and Family Global History and Civics Canada Loyalist Fort Ticonderoga Privateering Maritime Finance |
| People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Knox, Lucy Flucker (1756-1824) Flucker, Thomas (1719-1783) Knox, William (1756-1795) |
| Place written | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Theme | The American Revolution; Women in American History; Foreign Affairs; Naval & Maritime; Children & Family |
| 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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