Old family letters : copied from the originals for Alexander Biddle

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Biddle, Alexander, 1819-1899.

Adams, John, 1735-1826.

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adams, John, 1735-1826--Correspondence.

Adams, John.

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826--Correspondence.

Jefferson, Thomas.

Washington, George, 1732-1799--Correspondence.

Washington, George.

Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813--Correspondence.

Rush, Benjamin.

Yellow fever--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History--18th century--Sources.

Yellow fever.

Physical Description:

2 v. ; 25 cm.

Other Title:

Old family letters relating to the yellow fever.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Press of J.B. Lippincott Co., 1892.

Notes:

Series B (i.e., v. 2) has title: Old family letters relating to the yellow fever.

Series A (i.e., v. 1) 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.

Local Notes:

HSP copies has bookplates of Frederic R. Kirkland; Series A has tipped in penned letter from Charles F. Adams to "Dr. Mitchell".

OCLC:

4660228