George Washington Papers

Invitation to Colonel Henry and Lucy Flucker Knox, 1 February 1776

Invitation to Colonel Henry and Lucy Flucker Knox

Thursday Evening Feby 1st [1776]

The General & Mrs Washington, present their Compliments, to Colo. Knox & Lady,1 begs the favor of their Company at dinner, on Friday half after 2 oClock.

D, in George Baylor’s writing, NNGL: Knox Papers.

1. Henry Knox married Lucy Flucker (c.1756–1824), a daughter of the royal secretary of Massachusetts, on 16 June 1774.

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    Invitation to Colonel Henry and Lucy Flucker Knox, 1 February 1776
    Authors
    Washington, George
    Washington, Martha
    Recipients
    Knox, Henry
    Knox, Lucy Flucker
    Date
    1 February 1776

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    “Invitation to Colonel Henry and Lucy Flucker Knox, 1 February 1776,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-03-02-0169. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 3, 1 January 1776 – 31 March 1776, ed. Philander D. Chase. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1988, p. 237.]