Old family letters : copied from the originals for Alexander Biddle

Resource Information

The instance Old family letters : copied from the originals for Alexander Biddle represents a material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in College of Physicians of Philadelphia.

Label

Old family letters : copied from the originals for Alexander Biddle

Title remainder

copied from the originals for Alexander Biddle

Instantiates

• Old family letters : copied from the originals for Alexander Biddle

Publication

• Philadelphia, Lippincott, 1892

Note

• Series A and B
• BK
• PUBLIC
• CONV
• MASTER
• MASTER

Carrier category

volume

Carrier category code

• nc

Carrier MARC source

rdacarrier

Content category

text

Content type code

• txt

Content type MARC source

rdacontent

Contents

Series A contains letters of John Adams, all but the first two addressed to Dr. Benjamin Rush; one letter from Samuel Adams, one from John Quincy Adams, and several from Thomas Jefferson addressed to Dr. Rush; "Letter of credence to the King" and "Letter of credence to the Queen" by George Washington, as President. Series B contains letters of Dr. Benjamin Rush to his wife, written during the yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia, in 1793

Control code

000147110

Dimensions

25 cm.

Extent

2 volumes (479, 108 pages)

Media category

unmediated

Media MARC source

rdamedia

Media type code

• n

Note

• Robert L. Sadoff Library of Forensic Psychiatry and Legal Medicine.
• Series B has bookplate of Weir Mitchell on front pastedown and Alexander Biddle's presentation letter to Dr. Mitchell tipped in. Bookplate of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, presented by S. Weir Mitchell on back pastedown.
• Robert L. Sadoff Library of Forensic Psychiatry and Legal Medicine. Holdings: Series A only.

Record ID

u136951

System control number

• (Sirsi) 147110
• 150466
• (OCoLC)14806097