Darrach family papers 1810-1908

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Darrach family papers 1810-1908

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0167

Correspondence, diaries, record books, school essays, lectures, and other papers of James Darrach, 1806-1889, who established an academy in Fishkill, NY, and from 1855 to 1864 served as superintendent of the New York Hospital. Correspondents include Darrach's wife, Helena White Darrach, and his sons Bartow and William. Additional correspondence is from Mary Darrach Craig, James Darrach, Thomas Raftery, and members of the Craig family. Bartow Darrach is represented by 125 letters to members of his family concerning his medical career in private practice and as a Union Army surgeon during the Civil War. The papers contain material relating to the social history of Quincy, Illinois where he resided from 1859 to 1861; medical procedures used in the army; and the Vicksburg campaign.

5 linear feet (13 boxes, 1 folio)

eng,

Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6350334

Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives

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Darrach, Helena White.

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Darrach family

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JAMES DARRACH, son of James and Elizabeth (Bradford) Darrach, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., June 27, 1806. After graduation he learned the business of a woolen manufacturer at a factory in the village of Glenham, in Fishkill, N. Y., and engaged with his brother in this business in Manayunk, Pa. The hard times of 1836-1837 led to reverses, in consequence of which he left manufacturing in July, 1837, and for the next year was engaged in teaching in Walden, Orange County, ...

United States. Army. Surgeons.

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Yale University. Students.

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Darrach, James, 1806-1889

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Darrach, Bartow, 1831-1863.

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Craig family.

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Raftery, Thomas.

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Darrach, William Bradford, 1836-1909.

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Craig, Mary Darrach.

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