BIB_ID
127929
Accession number
MA 552.60
Creator
Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813.
Display Date
1793 Oct. 29.
Credit line
Likely acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 32.4 cm
Notes
Location and probable recipient are from the printed version of the letter.
Part of a two-volume set of autographs of signers of the Declaration of Independence; see main record for MA 552-553 for more information.
Part of a two-volume set of autographs of signers of the Declaration of Independence; see main record for MA 552-553 for more information.
Summary
Praising the "conduct of the Africans of our city" during an epidemic of yellow fever; mentioning William Grey, Absalom Jones, and Richard Allen as examples of excellent nursing.
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