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30th Octor 1813

Dear Sir,

I have satisfied myself, by a great number of experiments, that the influence of cold upon the skin, is the most universal cause which places the system in a state of predisposition to disease. I have also ascertained by experiment hundreds of times repeated, that a timely application of intense heat to the surface, will correct the predisposition, and prevent disease, even when sternly threatened. I have also further ascertained, that the same application, with the addition of some evacuations when necessary, will produce the same effect, in all seasons of the year. Indeed I hesitate not to say, that, heat may be used in this way to prevent Pleurisies and Rheumatisms in the Winter and Spring, and Intermittent, Remittent and continued fevers in the Summer and Autumn. I will include also every grade of bilious fever, which is not excited by an agent of power sufficient to destroy before it gives an alarm. I will not except typhus or Slow-fever as it is commonly called in this country.—

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Samuel Jennings

American politician

For the first president of Asbury College, see Samuel K. Jennings. For the English soccer player, see Sam Jennings.

Samuel Jennings or Samuel Jenings was born in England and died in Burlington, New Jersey, in 1708.

Jennings and his family arrived in West Jersey in September 1680. Governor Edward Byllynge in 1682 appointed Jennings to the position of deputy-governor of West Jersey. At the instigation of William Penn, Jennings allowed himself to be popularly elected as governor, causing a falling-out with Byllynge, who believed this to be an illegal usurpation of his authority. In 1684, Byllynge removed him from his position as deputy.[1]

Jennings later became involved in the controversy started by George Keith and Thomas Budd, siding with the Quakers. As a result, he was tried and convicted. In 1694, Jennings was sent to London for his six-day trial. He ably defended his position, and published The Case Stated while in London.[2]

After the late 1690s the government of East and West Jersey became increasingly dys

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Distinguished Painters

 

Samuel Jennings


Samuel Jennings (active 1789-1834) was a native Philadelphian who spent most of his life painting in England. Scant details of his early life are known; it is believed that he was born c. 1755. He attended the College of Philadelphia from 1770 to 1773. Jennings taught drawing and painted portraits and miniatures.  In 1787, he traveled to London, carrying a letter of introduction from Benjamin Franklin, to study with Benjamin West. In London, his paintings were exhibited repeatedly at the Royal Academy and the British Institution. Most of these works were allegorical or history paintings.

 

 

Samuel Jennings (active 1789-1834).
Liberty Displaying the Arts and Sciences, or The Genius of America Encouraging the Emancipation of the Blacks, 1792.
Oil on canvas.
60 1/4" x 74".
Library Company of Philadelphia. Gift of the artist, 1792.

 

 

 

 

Liberty Displaying the Arts and Sciences is a landmark piece as the first painting done by an American-born artist to address the

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