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Thornton, William, fl. 1805-1806 to Tobias Lear re: praise for sending grain to relieve hunger in Algiers

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02794.094 Author/Creator: Thornton, William, fl. 1805-1806 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1805/08/17 Pagination: 1 p. : address Height: 25 cm, Width: 20.2 cm Order a Copy

Thornton praises Lear: "I cannot express the satisfaction I feel at the worthy Act you have done in sending Grain to Algiers when they were in destress [sic], & when it would have made you a very large Fortune you have done it on the part of Government . . . . Nothing can more reconcile the Barbarians to us than to shew such disinterested Conduct." Dr. Thornton treated Lear as a patient, and was also a prominent architect and inventor. Attached to GLC 2794.111.

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