Letters to the Governor regarding patients, 1897-1899.

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Letters to the Governor regarding patients, 1897-1899.

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This series contains a number of letters sent to the Governor of Ala. by patients, patients' friends, and the Superintendent of the hospital regarding the release, treatment, and condition of patients at the institution. The bulk of the letters are from patients pleading to release them from the hospital due to poor conditions or claims of a cure. One folder consists entirely of letters from and about Miss A.M. Sheffield, a patient at the hospital. The letters from the superintendent give the official response to patients' claims. The agency was later known as State Hospitals.

2 folders.

Alabama Department of Archives and History

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SNAC Resource ID: 6696699

Alabama Department of Archives and History

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Alabama. Governor

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Authorities: Alabama Government Manual, 1982. 1819 Alabama Constitution, Art. IV, Sec. 1-15, 16, 18. Acts 1933, No. 177, p. 189. Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1979. Code of Alabama 1876. Code of Alabama 1975. 1901 Alabama Constitution, Art. V, Sec. 116, 126-128, Amendment 282. The Governor is the chief executive of the State. He sees that laws are faithfully and equitably exe...

Alabama Insane Hospital (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)

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Sheffield, A.M.

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