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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.04847 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0098] January-February 1791 |
| Title | Richard Bayley to Henry Knox thanking him fir his kindness |
| Date | 2 February 1791 |
| Author | Bayley, Richard (1745-1801) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Thanks Knox and his wife for their kindness and friendship, particularly toward his daughter, "my sweet Beth" (Elizabeth Bayley Seton). Writes, "I have often whisper'd to myself that I would rather be a door keeper in your House; even at Philadelphia, than a New York Doctor." |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War General Children and Family Women of the Founding Era Women's History Entertaining and Hospitality Health and Medical Religion |
| People | Bayley, Richard (1745-1801) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | Health & Medicine; Women in American History; Children & Family |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Additional Information | Dr. Richard Bayley was a prominent physician in New York city from a prominent family. He is the father of Elizabeth Bayley Seton who converted from the Episcopal church to Catholicism and founded the American Sisters of Charity. She is also the first American-born saint to be canonized. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |