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Jeffery, Richard (doctor), fl. 1812-1814 to Ann Jeffery

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01896.006 Author/Creator: Jeffery, Richard (doctor), fl. 1812-1814 Place Written: Norfolk, [Va.] Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1814/09/10 Pagination: 1 p. : address Height: 24 cm, Width: 21 cm Order a Copy

Good weather for Ann's trip to her father's and rumors of British fleet sailing down the [Chesapeake] Bay.

Jeffery, Richard (doctor), fl. 1812-1814
Jeffery, Anne, fl. 1814-1866
Con (captain), fl. 1813-1814

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