ALS: Worcester [Massachusetts], to Mr. Bress, 1795 Aug. 20.

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ALS: Worcester [Massachusetts], to Mr. Bress, 1795 Aug. 20.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86160118

In this ALS Thomas informs "Mr. Bress" that he will forward a small box of books, including an unidentified collection of George Washington's letters. He also promises to locate for Bress a copy of Trusot's (or Truesot's) Catechism of health. Although neither this name nor any like it can be connected with such a work, a volume entitled Catechism of health, translated from the German of Bernard Faust, was published in Boston in 1795 by William Spotswood.

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Bress, Mr., fl. 1795,

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Thomas, Isaiah, 1749-1831

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Thomas was a New England printer and bookseller who strongly supported the American Revolution. He was also a founder of the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester, Massachusetts. From the description of ALS: Worcester [Massachusetts], to Mr. Bress, 1795 Aug. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86160118 Caleb Alexander was born in 1755 in Northfield, Massachusetts, a town founded by his grandfather. He attended Dartmouth, Yale, and Brown Universities, receiving degrees fro...