Letters from various correspondents, 1836-1892.

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Letters from various correspondents, 1836-1892.

Mostly letters addressed to and concerning social reformer Dorothea Lynde Dix. Includes only one letter from Dix, manuscript poem addressed to Dix from Pliny Earle, bills, letter from William Wordsworth to Dix, and other material.

1 box (.5 linear ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6764279

Houghton Library

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Earle, Pliny, 1809-1892

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Quaker physician and alienist of Northhampton, Mass. From the description of Papers, 1806-1897. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 154271532 From the description of Papers, 1806-1897. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35149599 Pliny Earle (1809-1892) was born in Leicester, Mass., the son of Patience Buffum Earle and Pliny Earle (1762-1832), who invented and patented a machine for making wool and cotton cards. The younger Pliny attended Leicester Academy, th...

Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850

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British poet. From the description of Letters, 1827 Jan. 12-1836 Feb. 20. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 315953362 Wordsworth, English poet. From the description of [Letters, 1826-1848] / Wm. Wordsworth. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 501844796 Wordsworth was an English poet. From the description of Miscellaneous papers, 1801-1853. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122372656 From the guide to the William Wordsw...

Dix, Dorothea Lynde, 1802-1887

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Dix was a humanitarian crusader for the mentally ill. She investigated the conditions of the hospitalized insane in many U.S. states and some European countries, and petitioned state and national legislatures for reforms. She was also superintendent of army nurses during the Civil War. Eliot was a Unitarian minister, an educator, and assisted in the founding of Reed College in Oregon. From the description of Letters to Thomas Lamb Eliot, 1869-1885. (Harvard University). WorldCat reco...