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Additional authors

1. Biddle, Alexander, 1819-1899.
2. Adams, John, 1735-1826.
3. Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
4. Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813.

Description

1. 2 v.; 25 cm.

Alternative title

1. Old family letters relating to the yellow fever.

Subject

1. Yellow fever > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia

Contents

1. Series B has title : Old family letters relating to the yellow fever.
2. Series A contains letters of John Adams, all but the first two addressed to Dr. Benjamin Rush; one letter from Samuel Adams, one from John Quincy Adams, and several from Thomas Jefferson addressed to Dr. Rush; "Letter of credence to the King" and "Letter of credence to the Queen" by George Washington, as President. Series B contains letters of Dr. Benjamin Rush to his wife, written during the yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia, in 1793.

Call number

1. NBT (Old family letters)

Title

1. Old family letters: copied from the originals for Alexander Biddle... Series A-[B]

Imprint

1. Philadelphia, Press of J.B. Lippincott Company, 1892.

Local note

1. Autograph letter from Dr. S. Weir Mitchell inserted in v. 1.

Connect to:

1. Full text available via HathiTrust--Ser. A
2. Full text available via HathiTrust--Ser. B

Added author

1. Biddle, Alexander, 1819-1899.
2. Adams, John, 1735-1826.
3. Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
4. Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813.

Added title

1. Old family letters relating to the yellow fever.

LCCN

1. 13014420

Research call number

1. NBT (Old family letters)