Letters, 1860.

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Letters, 1860.

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This collection of letters were written daily to his wife, Almira Hunt Jarvis ( -1884) in 1860 while he was travelling in England. He describes in detail his lodgings and surroundings, with particular emphasis on hospitals and asylums he visited. These visits resulted in his book on _Employment for Patients in the British Lunatic Asylums_.

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Gadsden Public Library

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Jarvis, Edward, 1803-1884

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Physician; social statistician; author of books and articles on physiology, insanity, and social statistics; late in life, social historian of his native town, Concord, Mass. From the description of Houses and people in Concord, 1810 to 1820 : ms. / by Edward Jarvis, 1882. (Concord Public Library). WorldCat record id: 34166787 From the description of Traditions and reminiscences of Concord, Massachusetts, or, A contribution to the social and domestic history of the town, 177...

Jarvis, Almira Hunt, 1804-1884

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