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Macaulay, Catharine, 1731-1791 to John Dickinson

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01790.02 Author/Creator: Macaulay, Catharine, 1731-1791 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1771 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 23.3 cm, Width: 18.1 cm Order a Copy

A response in draft form to Dickinson's previous letter, concerning her hopes that America confine its "lust for ornaments to the limits of their own ingenuity."

Macaulay, Catharine, 1731-1791
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808

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