Download or read book Hannah Flucker Urquhart Harwood to Henry Knox about a Package She Sent Lucy 25 March 1787 written by Hannah Flucker Urquhart Harwood and published by . This book was released on 1787 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Informs Knox that she sent a box of millinery for her sister Lucy, Knox's wife. Asks him to speak favorably about a friend's estate in New Hampshire. Comments on financial and personal business.

Download or read book Lucy Flucker Knox to Hannah Harwood about Family Matters and the Difficulties of the War Approximately April 1777 written by Lucy Flucker Knox and published by . This book was released on 1777 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writes to her sister [likely Hannah Harwood]. Mentions writing to her mother, Hannah Flucker, during the siege of Boston but never hearing back from her or her family. Begs her sister to write. Mentions she and Henry Knox had a baby girl. Says the [Revolutionary] War is tearing families apart. States, how horror is the war, Brother against Brother, and the parent against the child. Date added later in pencil.

Download or read book Lucy Flucker to Henry Knox about Her Family Servants and Social Life 18 July 1776 written by Lucy Flucker Knox and published by . This book was released on 1776 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thanks Henry for taking the time to write her amidst the hurry of public business, referring to the revolutionary war activities in New York. Explains her travel plans, which will bring her to New Haven, Connecticut. Discusses their child's development, including mention of her beginning to talk, and prays that Henry will survive to take care of them. Discusses her reaction to a recent letter from William Knox that included news about her family and explains that she wants to send for her mother (see GLC002437.00368). Seeks a boy recently discharged from the army as a new servant since the negro is two heavy for the Horse. Has heard that Henry has been a little rough with Mrs. Airey and asks how she offended him. Explains that Airey has several of her bedding supplies and also owes her money. Defends herself against Henry's belief that she was coming to New York against his wishes. Mentions corresponding with several people. Discusses her satisfaction with her accommodations and addresses complaints Henry has heard. Inquires about Captain Sebastian Bauman. Mentions a couple of meetings, one with a forty-six year-old woman with infant twins. Comments that she needs to find pasture for two animals when she goes to New Haven.

Download or read book Letter to Lucy Knox from an Unknown Author incomplete written by and published by . This book was released on 1774 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Possibly by Hannah Flucker Urquhart to her sister, Lucy Knox. Discusses the death of her husband (possibly James Urquhart) writing, Know your superior happiness in having a Dear and good husband to sympathize with you, you have still a comforter, you have a Protector for yourself and Dear Children, and you can never feel the pain and inconveniences of Poverty. In me see the Child of ill fortune- having the greatest affliction to encounter and no hope of alleviation. Notes that her mother-in-law, Mrs. Urquhart, comforted her through hardships. Mentions that money she (Hannah) brought into the marriage rescued James from a mire of debt. Apparently, Mrs. Urquhart has also passed away, and Hannah discusses her inheritance. Wishes that she and her children had received independent inheritances. Hopes the recipient's husband (possibly Henry Knox) will serve as their guardian.

Download or read book Lucy Knox to Henry Knox on His Lack of Communication and Family 28 August 1777 written by Lucy Flucker Knox and published by . This book was released on 1777 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprimands Henry for not writing sooner. Notes that she sent a letter to Henry with Captain Randall. Asks Henry to intervene on behalf of Captain Bliss regarding an unspecified matter. Writes, It is very strange that you mention nothing to me of a strange letter I sent you from the pretended Dutchess addressed to his excellency- I do not like to be treated so... Notes that your man Jacksons wife is displeased by hearing nothing from him. Reports that she and their little girl, Lucy, are doing well.

Download or read book Lucy Knox to Henry Knox about Her Hardships Child and Quoting Poetry 18 March 1777 written by Lucy Flucker Knox and published by . This book was released on 1777 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Badly misses Henry and hopes to hear from him, her only comfort being her young baby, Lucy Flucker Knox. Hopes that he cries when thinking of her hardships. Reports that William Knox, who she calls Billy, has set out for Newburg, in order to purchase stationery which he hopes to sell. Lucy and William Knox reopened the Boston bookstore that Knox had operated before the war began. They tried to sell other stationery items, but were not very successful. Notes that a shipping embargo may begin soon, but feels that it is privateering to take the goods of those innocent people who are not directly involved in this revolutionary quarrel. Mentions business debts, and worries about the state of the revolution, saying it grieves me to think you are embarked in a cause so wretchedly managed. In the postscript, which she could write only after crying, she includes a number of lines from Caspipina's Letters on the subject of yearning for a loved one.

Download or read book Lucy Knox to Henry Knox Defending Her Actions July 1776 written by Lucy Flucker Knox and published by . This book was released on 1776 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Distressed, Lucy discusses the circumstances under which she left New York and argues she was undeserving of Henry's censure. She stayed in New York longer than expected in order to have a more affectionate parting. When she desired to go to Fairfield, Connecticut, she received a message from Mr. Burr (possibly Aaron Burr), indicating that he could not obtain a house or furniture for her there, as Henry had requested. Is dissatisfied that Henry writes frequently in your letters to remind me of my incapacity of judging for myself. Also writes that Henry ignored, or never read, her request to obtain a physician because their baby has colic and to obtain volatile drops and have them delivered by Mrs. Jonathan Pollard. Expresses jealousy of Nathanael Greene's wife, who spent ten days with Greene. Has heard Henry keeps an open house. Discusses financial matters and Knox's papers. Reports that she will remain in Stamford until Mrs. Pollard returns. Gives some instructions on sending clothes and forwarding letters. Asks that the items be given to Mrs. Pollard, along with a trunk with correspondence from the days when no evil was sufficient to part us with an aching heart and eyes drowned with tears. Urges Henry to write more in a note at the end.

Download or read book Lucy Flucker Knox to Henry Knox about the Siege of Yorktown and Family Affairs 23 October 1781 written by Lucy Flucker Knox and published by . This book was released on 1781 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Has heard from Colonel Jeremiah Wadsworth that Lord Cornwallis' surrender at Yorktown had occurred, or would shortly. She has received his letter of 16 October 1781 and is awaiting the next, which Knox wrote on 19 October 1781 (see GLC02437.01231 and GLC02437.01244, respectively). Indicates that this letter will be delivered by Lund Washington, who will provide some news about Knox's young son. She has not heard from their daughter Lucy in Philadelphia. Wants to know when she will see him and indicates that another letter from her will be delivered by Martha Washington. In a postscript asks that her bag be placed on George Washington's boat if it has not already been sent to her by her brother-in-law William Knox.

Download or read book Lucy Knox to Henry Knox about Her Coming Inoculation Possibly in Salem 1 April 1777 written by Lucy Flucker Knox and published by . This book was released on 1777 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thanks him for his letter, which Samuel Shaw delivered. When she had not heard from him for two posts she began to worry. She loves him more than ever, and will send the goods he requested in his previous letter. Details her plans to be inoculated against smallpox. Had hoped to go to a hospital in Brookline, where Doctor Gardner promised he would see her every day. But this hospital is now perhaps going to be used only to inoculate soldiers. In that case she plans to go to a hospital in Salem. Wishes he had taken care of the business with Mr. Hichborn himself, and discusses other personal business.

Download or read book Lucy Knox to Henry Knox Asking Him to Look After His Health and Discussing Their Child 4 August 1776 written by Lucy Flucker Knox and published by . This book was released on 1776 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book Lucy Knox to Henry Knox Thanking Him for Recent Letters Encouraging Him to Come Home and Updating Him on Family News April 1776 written by Lucy Flucker Knox and published by . This book was released on 1776 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Expresses her love for Henry and attempts to make him feel guilty for being away from home and family, particularly his infant daughter. Thanks him for his three recent letters (see GLC02437.00273, GLC02437.00275, GLC02437.00276) but wonders why the letter he promised from New York has not arrived. Mentions that their daughter Lucy was christened at Trinity Church. Comments on her alarm at hearing that the British have taken George's Island in Boston Harbor. Knox was then moving southward toward New York, planning coastal defenses against the British navy for Rhode Island and Connecticut in the process.

Download or read book Lucy Knox to Henry Knox Lamenting His Absence and Updating Him on Their Daughter and Her Dealings with Benedict Arnold 3 8 June 1777 written by Lucy Flucker Knox and published by . This book was released on 1777 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Laments Henry's absence, noting he has been gone for three months exactly. Relates that their daughter, Lucy, is well and beautiful despite five pitts of the small pox in her face. Comments on Henry's loss, possibly of clothes, noting that she will attempt to procure more cambric (a cotton fabric) for him. Mentions the sale of Knox's horses. Relates that she wanted to sell them separately, but Knox's brother William did not wish to do so. Remarks, ...you had better make me your future agent- I'll assure you I am quite a woman of business. Begins writing again 4 June. Plans to send Knox madeira, good old spirit, and sugar. Requests that Knox ask General Benedict Arnold what she should do with some things Arnold left with her. Mentions a scarf among the items. Notes that Catharine Greene (General Nathanael Greene's wife) would also like one of the items. Begins writing again 5 June. Criticizes Henry for his cold correspondence. Defends herself, arguing that it is William's responsibility, not hers, to inform Knox of his well-being.

Download or read book Lucy Knox to Henry Knox Discussing how She Wants to Join Him in New Jersey in September Despite His Refusal 17 July 1777 written by Lucy Flucker Knox and published by . This book was released on 1777 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book Lucy Knox to Henry Knox Updating Him on Her Situation and Complaining at the Lack of Letters from Him 16 October 1781 written by Lucy Flucker Knox and published by . This book was released on 1781 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writes that Martha Washington and Nellie Calvert Custis received letters from their husbands letting them know how they are and what is happening in the war, while she is clearly unworthy of being written to. She misses their daughter Lucy, who was living in Philadelphia, but has heard that she is well. Urges him to write back. Knox was then engaged in the siege of Yorktown. The letter is not complete.

Download or read book Lucy Knox to Henry Knox about House Sale Inoculation Mrs Greene s New Baby Benedict Arnold s Courtship and Asking for His Opinions on Benjamin Franklin 3 April 1777 written by Lucy Flucker Knox and published by . This book was released on 1777 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Says she and Mr. [Benjamin] Hichborn have completed the affair of the house for 5,500 pounds. Says the transaction pains her, though is sure her father will approve once he knows the circumstances. Is worried, however, that others may see Henry as wronging her father somehow. The letter is not entirely clear, but it appears that they have arranged the sale of Lucy's family house, due to the circumstances brought on by the war. It appears that she is worried others will see this as a selfish move by Henry, though she knows he would part your last biscuit with her father. Hopes to be inoculated against smallpox soon, though she is worried to do it. States that she cannot go into town to purchase the goods he asked for, and reminds him that he will soon have what he needs one his baggage from New Haven reaches him. William wishes to know what to do with their possessions that they have not sold. Informs him that Nathanael Greene's wife has given birth while Green is away, and relates this to her longing for Henry. States that Miss DeBlois is refusing Benedict Arnold's courtship. States that Mr. Jarvis is in debt, wonders why he does not mention Nicholas Eveleigh in his letters, and thanks God for the recovery of our worthy General [George Washington]. Also wishes to hear his opinion on the French involvement and Benjamin Franklin.

Download or read book Lucy Knox to Henry Knox about Her Inoculation Fears of Her Brother and Henry Fighting 13 April 1777 written by Lucy Flucker Knox and published by . This book was released on 1777 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hopes Henry is thinking of her. Says that she is being inoculated for smallpox, but that a rash on her arm has slowed the process and led the doctor to give her more mercury. Worries about her health but says their daughter is doing quite well. Lucy's aunt is with her for now, but will soon be leaving to marry an old fellow. Says that she is planning to join him soon in Morristown, commenting that since Mrs. Washington is there she feels she can be there too. Mentions news of troop movements. Hears her brother is in York but hopes he will come home soon. Worries that the war will force Henry to draw his sword upon my own - and only brother. Hears that even Colonel Webb cannot raise men using a bounty. Notes that Mr. Jarvis desires cash. In postscript says she is forwarding a letter to him from the famous Dutchess of Brotenburg, Princess of Frankfurt, and cousin of the queen of Great Britain. Brotenburg probably refers to Brandenburg. Worries that Peter will be forced to do the duty of common soldiers, and upset that William is leaving soon.

Download or read book Henry Knox to Lucy Knox about Her Departure from New York the Campaign and Smallpox 11 July 1776 written by Henry Knox and published by . This book was released on 1776 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Responds to Lucy's most recent letter (see GLC02437.00364), discussing her hasty departure from New York. Henry is upset by her distress. He reiterates that he did not want her in New York before something decisive occurred in the war. In response to her complaint that Nathanael Greene's wife returned to New York, he explains that General Greene did not want her there for the same reasons and had just sent her to Newark and she will later go to either Fairfield or Providence. Comments that if Mrs. Pollard comes to New York, she will distract her husband Jonathan Pollard, Knox's quarter master. Reiterates that he wants to keep her away from the war and describes his conduct as that of the most disinterested friendship cemented by the tenderest love. He emphasizes the gravity of the New York campaign, on which the happiness or misery of Millions may depend. Asks her to give Fairfield another chance, mentions that smallpox is spreading by inoculation in Boston, and reports recent sightings of British ships. After his signature, makes an attempt to raise her spirits with an aphorism about gender: I ever wish'd my Lucy to soar above the Generality of her Sex many of whom to be sure are trifling insignificant animals, dreading what never will come to pass.