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WILLIAM BAINBRIDGE (1774-1833) American Naval Commodore; sunk the British Frigate H.M.S. Java as...

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WILLIAM BAINBRIDGE (1774-1833) American Naval Commodore; sunk the British Frigate H.M.S. Java as...
WILLIAM BAINBRIDGE (1774-1833) American Naval Commodore; sunk the British Frigate H.M.S. Java as Commander of U.S.S. Constitution. ALS, "W Bainbridge", 3pp, April 30, 1832, 4to, Philadelphia, to U.S. Congressman Henry A S Dearborn (1783-1851), who had served as a Brigadier General during War of 1812, interesting content. In part, "...How have you been my dear General since I parted with you at Washington? Myself and daughter had a most delightful visit to my highly valued friend Col Contee...the forest lands of Prince Georges [Maryland]...no part of our Country can exhibit greater Hospitality...It was fortunate we returned...early...my dear Daughter Mary...immediately took to her bed...dangerously ill. She was Bled, cuped and blistered all within 10 hours...a raging fever tending to the Brains, this will give you an small idea, how mildly our Phila Phiscians [sic] treat their Patients...The Secretary of the Navy [Levi Woodbury]...requests me to hold myself in readiness to take the comm and of the Boston yard...I shall not move my family...my wife...not liking the climate...and fearful it will not agree with me..." Adds postscript, "It is not astonishing that my wife should dislike another removal - after having removed 27 times." Seal tear at margin, o/w VG. $500-750