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Macaulay, Catharine (1731-1791) to Jonathan Clarke

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.032.02 Author/Creator: Macaulay, Catharine (1731-1791) Place Written: [Boston, Massachusetts] Type: Autograph note Date: 1786 circa Pagination: 1 p. : envelope ; 8 x 13 cm. Order a Copy

Presents her compliments to Mr. Clarke, thanks him for the polite note, and wishes him a good voyage and the best health. Asks Clarke to give her compliments to Mr. Adams. Envelope is addressed to Mr. Clarke, No. 55 St. Paul's Church Yard. Possibly referring to Governor Samuel Adams. Note is undated but could possibly have been written at the time of Macauley's trip to America. She was a great friend to the American cause and traveled in America, stayed at Mount Vernon, and corresponded with George Washington. See the Macaulay papers, GLC 1784.01-1800.04.

Clarke, Jonathan, fl. 1770-1790
Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803
Macaulay, Catharine, 1731-1791

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