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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.05488 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0110] June 1792 |
| Title | Sarah Lyons Flucker Beaumez to Henry Knox on education and family matters |
| Date | 3 June 1792 |
| Author | Beaumez, Sarah Lyons Flucker (fl. 1784-1801) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Flucker, sister-in-law to Lucy Knox, writes about her children's health and well-being. Discusses the importance of good education and mentions that she plans to take her two sons, along with Mrs. Knox and her son, Henry, to look at a school. Hopes Knox will recommend her children for admittance. Speaks of her thankfulness that the Knoxes have been so kind and accepting of her and her family. Comments on their vacation visiting Henry Jackson in Dorchester, and mentions all the friends they have been able to see. |
| Subjects | Woman Author Women's History Revolutionary War General Women of the Founding Era Children and Family Health and Medical Education Letter of Introduction or Recommendation Friendship |
| People | Beaumez, Sarah Lyons Flucker (fl. 1784-1801) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Knox, Lucy Flucker (1756-1824) Knox, Henry Jackson (1780-1832) Jackson, Henry (1747-1809) |
| Place written | Dorchester, Massachusetts |
| Theme | Education; Women in American History; Children & Family |
| 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, ca. 1796. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |