Holt, William Joseph, 1829-1881. William Joseph Holt papers, 1730-1966.
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William Joseph Holt papers, 1730-1966.
Chiefly correspondence re Holt's service as a surgeon during the Crimean and Civil Wars; including passport, 1852, re William Joseph Holt's travels in France, Italy, and Switzerland, and including accounts of expenses; journal, 19 July 1854-12 Sept. 1855, kept by William Joseph Holt while serving as surgeon during siege of Sevastopol in Crimean War, re military activities, medical duties, and his illness; transcript of Holt's journal, 1854-1855, including background information by Joseph Ioor Waring. Journal, Jan.-Feb. 1855, city of Sobastopol [Sevastopol, Ukraine], in the Crimea, kept by Dr. J. Draper, re battles, and medical duties; medical notebook, 1856, kept by William J. Holt, re treating patients, including cures and anatomical sketches; Civil War items include letter, 2 Sept. 1861, Pensacola, Fla., Braxton Bragg to William J. Holt, re Holt's Confederate service; letter, 2 Feb. 1862, Col. Joseph Wheeler, to William J. Holt, offering him position of surgeon in the 19th Regiment of Alabama Volunteers. Letters, 1862-1863, from various Confederate hospitals, from Holt to his wife, Mary E. Dugas Holt; letters, 9 Dec. 1866, 7 May 1868, and 10 Sept. 1878, Augusta, Ga., Louis A. Dugas to William J. Holt, re financial conditions, yellow fever epidemic in New Orleans, La., and proper use of quarantine; letters, 1867-1872, Montgomery, Ala., William J. Holt, to father-in-law, Dr. Louis A. Dugas, Augusta, Ga., re family finances; report, 28 Apr. 1960, by Joseph Ioor Waring, re Holt's papers.
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