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Letter from Dorothea Dix to John Harper

August 28, 1861

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Letter from Dorothea Dix to John Harper
  • Title
  • Letter from Dorothea Dix to John Harper
  • Date
  • August 28, 1861
  • Identifier
  • MSS_8_B002_F10_I42
  • Description
  • A letter from Dorothea Dix to John Harper informing him that Major General Fremont requested Dix to return to St. Louis and organize three hospitals there. Dix left Harrisburg for Pittsburgh and requested Harper to purchase a train ticket from Pittsburgh to Cincinnati for the second portion of her journey.
  • Type
  • text
  • Genre
  • manuscripts (documents)
  • Source
  • Harper Family Papers and Photographs
  • Series
  • John Harper Papers 1834-1934
  • Container
  • Box 2, Folder 10, Item 11
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • Harper Family Papers
  • Rights Information
  • Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.
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