Thomas Haughey letter 1868 December 28

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Thomas Haughey letter 1868 December 28

http://acumen.lib.ua.edu/u0003_0000648

Letter written by Thomas Haughey of Alabama, dated December 28, 1868 and written from Washington, DC, to Ben Perley Poone providing a short biographical sketch. Mentions having to live in the north during the Civil War due to his anti-secessionist ideals.

0.05 Linear feet; (1 letter, 2 pages)

University Libraries Division of Special Collections, The University of Alabama

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Haughey, Thomas, 1826-1869

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Alabama Unionist, member of the Constitutional Convention of 1867, and member of Congress, Thomas Haughey was born in 1826 in Glasgow, Scotland. He immigrated to the United States with his father and in 1841 moved to Jefferson County, Alabama. He taught several years and saved enough to study medicine and attend medical lectures. He graduated as a physician and surgeon from the New Orleans Medical College in 1858. He set up his practice in Elyton, Jefferson County, Alabama. Against secession, wh...