Old family letters: copied from the originals for Alexander Biddle.

Old family letters: copied from the originals for Alexander Biddle.

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Bibliographic Details
Edition:	Series A[-B]
Imprint:	Philadelphia : Press of J. B. Lippincott Company, 1892.
Description:	2 v. ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Adams, John, -- 1735-1826. Jefferson, Thomas, -- 1743-1826. Rush, Benjamin, -- 1746-1813. Washington, George, -- 1732-1799. Yellow fever -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- 1793. Yellow fever. Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. History. Records and correspondence. Sources.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/686651

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Other authors / contributors:	Biddle, Alexander, 1819-1899 Adams, John, 1735-1826. Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813
Notes:	Series B has title: Old family letters relating to the yellow fever.

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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.