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Vetch, Margaret to Alida Livingston re: gratitude for watching Alida Vetch

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.02300 Author/Creator: Vetch, Margaret Place Written: London, [England] Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1723/02/22 Pagination: 2p. + addr. + dock 22.9 x 18.4 cm Order a Copy

Margaret thanks her mother for taking care of her daughter Alida, and explains that the small pox is so fatal in London that she would be uneasy having her there.

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