Richard Henry Lewis, Sr., Papers, 1843-1893

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Richard Henry Lewis, Sr., Papers, 1843-1893

1843-1893

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/special/ead/findingaids/0190

This collection includes a copy of a typescript of the autobiographical sketch written in 1893 by Eastern North Carolina physician and educator Richard Henry Lewis, Sr. (1832-1917). It refers to important family history in his background and describes important events in his life up until 1893.

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East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 11632345

East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library

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