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Bayley, Richard, 1745-1801 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04847 Author/Creator: Bayley, Richard, 1745-1801 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: February 2, 1791 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket Height: 22.8 cm, Width: 18.6 cm Order a Copy

Thanks Knox and his wife for their kindness and friendship, particularly toward his daughter, "my sweet Beth" (Elizabeth Bayley Seton). Writes, "I have often whisper'd to myself that I would rather be a door keeper in your House; even at Philadelphia, than a New York Doctor."

Bayley, Richard, 1745-1801
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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