Letter : Athens, 1838, May 9.

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Letter : Athens, 1838, May 9.

1838

https://search.library.yale.edu/catalog/7737492

Letter to "the Rt. Honble. Lady Hester Stanhope, near Zidon, on Mt. Lebanon" introducing "my friends, & fellow countrymen, Dr. Mott, Dr. Jackson, & Mr. Waring of New York, & Dudley M. Haydon Esq. of Kentuckey, who are about to leave this [city] for Alexandria & Jerusalem. They will probably travel through Palestine & Syria ... Dr. Mott is one of our most celebrated surgeons, & has performed some fo the most difficult operations, & with the greatest success."

A.L.S. 2 ols., 25 x 20 cm.

eng, Latn

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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