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DEWITT CLINTON (1769 - 1828) American politician, Mayor of New York City and later Governor of New York, and ardent campaigner for the construction of the Erie Canal. Interesting A.L.S., 1p. with integral leaf, Albany, September 28, 1824, to Dr. John W. Francis (1789 - 1861) regarding his feelings about the recent establishment of a medical school. In part: '...I enclose you a notice of the establishment of a medical school in Upper Canada as a matter of curiosity. Are not these minor institutions calculated to do much injury to the medical art by dispensing a little learning, which is a dangerous thing...' Toned with scattered stains