Item No. 8: Letters by Philip Doddridge -- Autograph letter signed to Ellen S. Plattenburgh, dated Richmond 1 January 1829, 3pp. "We have heard that the small pox is in the neighbourhood and have both forgotten whether Nancy has been vaccinated—If she has not we wish it done. I have succeeded in my lottery bill. The sums to be raised is $50, 000. … Should fifty thousand dollars be too small a sum for the whole object I can get it increased at another time….", 1829