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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.04573 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0095] April-June 1790 |
| Title | Sarah Beaumez to Lucy Knox about family, travel and illness |
| Date | 2 April 1790 |
| Author | Beaumez, Sarah Lyons Flucker (fl. 1784-1801) |
| Recipient | Knox, Lucy Flucker |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Discusses her recent recovery from an illness, her trip to Barbuda with the Commodore and some friends, and the local fauna. Comments that the Governor's situation there is not enviable. He only has "one other White Inhabitant on the Island to assist him in the care of more than two hundred negroes..." Thanks her for the beef she recently sent her. Mentions that her father is suffering ill health and other family relations, stating "I have pleasure in saying my Thomas, and Harriet are quite well - and that the last Post brought me comforting Accounts of my Dear Francis - Who is in the midst of many Friends and his good Uncle and Aunt Holloway tell me is quite happy. They are all joy at the Birth of a long wished for Son - after five girls. Mrs. Harwood writes me. She has a Daughter I suppose you hear often from her and may be informed of more of the Family Business than I am - " Discusses her financial situation. |
| Subjects | Woman Author Women's History Women of the Founding Era Health and Medical Travel Caribbean Geography and Natural History African American History Diet and Nutrition Children and Family Finance |
| People | Beaumez, Sarah Lyons Flucker (fl. 1784-1801) Knox, Lucy Flucker (1756-1824) |
| Place written | Antigua |
| Theme | Women in American History; Children & Family; Health & Medicine |
| 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 |