Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Autograph letter signed : New Bern, to Governor Davie, 1799 June 12.

BIB_ID
137421
Accession number
MA 555.69
Creator
Spaight, Richard Dobbs, 1758-1802.
Display Date
1799 June 12.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, before 1904.
Description
1 item (1p., with address) ; 23.2 cm
Notes
Address panel with traces of a seal to "His Excellency / William R. Davie Esquire / Halifax."
Endorsed.
This item is part of a collection of autograph letters and documents by the signers of the Constitution of the United States; see collection record (MA 555) for more information.
Summary
Recommending a physician for the Port of Washington [NC] "to prevent the introduction of contagious diseases; confirming that he understands this is an appointment to be made by the Governor; adding "I do not think that our present health laws are sufficient to answer the purpose fully. Our Legislature ought to amend them as almost every state in the Union has done within the last two years finding that their former laws on that subject were not effectual."