Clinton, De Witt (1769-1828). Letters, 1823-24 | Illinois History and Lincoln Collections

Writing to Dr. John W. Francis, professor in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, on July 26, 1823, and June 28, 1824, Gov. DeWitt Clinton discusses the manuscript of his memoirs, and comments briefly on politics and the outbreak of yellow fever in New York.

These letters were attached to the Survey's copy of David Hosack's Memoir of DeWitt Clinton (1829). This copy is inscribed "Presented by the author to the New York Athenaeum, 1829."