Lot 1046
Gerry, Eldridge. ALS ("E Gerry"), 3 pp, 9" x 7¼", Philadelphia, 1791 Jan. 27. To his wife, mentioning goings-on in Philadelphia, the influenza epidemic which kept Signer Benjamin Rush very busy, a judge who dropped dead, several members of the First U.S. Congress who are in trouble for not voting the right way on the excise bill., and an Indian attack. Fine.
In part: "Doctor Rush was sent for on one day by 27 patients….The Indians have attacked an outpost at Marcella & killed 14 men and made 3 prisoners, thus we are plunged into an Indian war. We have carried the excise bill in the house & it will probably pass the senate. General Jackson & Mr. Baldwin are left out for not being federal eno' as I am informed & attending too much to state politics….Mrs. Boudinot inquired for you as did Mrs. Adams…."
Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500.
Robert Batchelder, 1988.
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