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Thomas Jefferson Ingersoll letters

 Collection — manuscript box: 12 - folder 1
Identifier: 2171

Scope and content

Seventeen letters from Ingersoll to his brother, Richard, and sister-in-law, Ann, of Massachusetts, written from Worthington, Ohio; Cheneyville, Louisiana; Fredericksburg, Texas; and San Jose and Stockton, California, telling of the writer's experiences as he moved West and giving his views on the practice of medicine, slavery and states' rights, other political questions, religion, and social and economic conditions.

Dates

  • 1834-1861.

Creator

Biographical / Historical

Physician.

Extent

17 items. (17 items.)

Language of Materials

English

Description rules
Appm
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
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