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Letter from Dorothea Dix

ca. 1865-1867

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Letter from Dorothea Dix
  • Title
  • Letter from Dorothea Dix
  • Date
  • ca. 1865-1867
  • Identifier
  • MSS_8_B002_F10_I62
  • Description
  • A letter from Dorothea Dix regarding a recently discovered defect with the newly constructed wings at Dixmont State Hospital. Dix states that the flues are in the wrong position for proper ventilation and blames the architect, Joseph Kerr, for this mistake. Dix states that Dr. Buttolph will write to Dr. Reed, superintendent at Dixmont, to offer suggestions to solve this issue.
  • Type
  • text
  • Genre
  • manuscripts (documents)
  • Source
  • Harper Family Papers and Photographs
  • Series
  • John Harper Papers 1834-1934
  • Container
  • Box 2, Folder 10, Item 22
  • 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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