Letter, to James Mease, 1821.

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Letter, to James Mease, 1821.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155904058

Letter of introduction for Jeremiah Baily, inventor of a mowing machine.

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University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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Townsend, David, 1787-1858

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Baily, Jeremiah.

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Mease, James, 1771-1846

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James Mease (Aug. 11, 1771-May 14, 1846), physician, scientific thinker and author, was one of Philadelphia's most prominent citizens and an ardent booster of both the United States and Pennsylvania. His interests were wide-ranging, as were his contacts with notable figures in science, agriculture and natural history in the United States and abroad. Mease was born in Philadelphia into a wealthy and patriotic shipping merchant family; during the Revolutionary War his father, John Mease, served in...