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EVANS, CADWALADER, PHYSICIAN RESIDING IN PHILADELPHIA. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("C:EVANS"), TO SAMUEL WHARTON, DISCUSSING SILK CULTURE, MANUFACTURE OF WOOLLEN GOODS, CHINA, GLASS, ETC. PHILADELPHIA, 20 APRIL 1770. 3 PAGES, FOLIO, WRITTEN ON RECTOS AND VERSO OF CONJUGATE LEAVES, ADDRESSED ON SECOND LEAF VERSO, RED WAX SEAL, SOME OVERALL BROWNING, FEW CHIPS AT EDGES, SOME SPLITTING ALONG CENTRAL FOLD.
A LENGTHY AND INTERESTING LETTER TO SAMUEL WHARTON, OF PHILADELPHIA, THEN IN LONDON. BOTH WERE MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. IN THIS LETTER DR. EVANS WRITES ABOUT THE SMALL-POX, MENTIONS MEMBERS OF WHARTON'S FAMILY, AND RELATES MUCH OF INTERST REGARDING MANUFACTURES IN THIS COUNTRY. HE MENTIONS WRITING TO DR. FRANKLIN AND SENDING TO HIM A PAMPHLET ON THE CULTURE OF SILK, AND THAT OHIO'S CLIMATE IS SUITABLE FOR IT; ALSO THAT STIEGEL "HAS MADE AS GOOD DOUBLE FLINT GLASS IN LANCASTER COUNTY AS YOU COU'D WISH"; AND NUMEROUS OTHER INTERESTING MATTERS.
A LENGTHY AND INTERESTING LETTER TO SAMUEL WHARTON, OF PHILADELPHIA, THEN IN LONDON. BOTH WERE MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. IN THIS LETTER DR. EVANS WRITES ABOUT THE SMALL-POX, MENTIONS MEMBERS OF WHARTON'S FAMILY, AND RELATES MUCH OF INTERST REGARDING MANUFACTURES IN THIS COUNTRY. HE MENTIONS WRITING TO DR. FRANKLIN AND SENDING TO HIM A PAMPHLET ON THE CULTURE OF SILK, AND THAT OHIO'S CLIMATE IS SUITABLE FOR IT; ALSO THAT STIEGEL "HAS MADE AS GOOD DOUBLE FLINT GLASS IN LANCASTER COUNTY AS YOU COU'D WISH"; AND NUMEROUS OTHER INTERESTING MATTERS.