Galt Family Papers, 1745-1892.

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Galt Family Papers, 1745-1892.

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Professional and personal papers; 1745-1892; of the Galt family of Williamsburg, Va. Papers primarily concern the Galt family's work at the Eastern State Hospital, including apothecary shop daybooks, account books, medical daybooks, clinical notebooks, weather diaries, commonplace books, reports, medical notes, lecture notes, correspondence, and other. Personal papers consist of diaries, letters, scrapbooks, school notes, financial papers, memoirs, and other. These papers primarily document life in colonial, revolutionary, antebellum, and post-Civil War Williamsburg, Va. Papers also concern wider Virginia issues and relations with England, such as the Alexander D. Galt Diary (Msv 14a) which was written while in London during 1792-1793. Correspondents include Alexander Dickie Galt, Elizabeth Judith Galt, John Minson Minson, I, Sequeyera, John de.

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Galt, Rogers Harrison

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Galt, John Minson, I, 1744-1808.

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Galt, Alexander Dickie, 1771-1841

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Galt, John M. (John Minson), 1819-1862

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John Minson Galt II graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1841. He was the son of Alexander D. Galt, M.D. and the grandson of John Minson Galt I, M.D. He was the superintendent of Eastern State Hospital, the first public hospital founded exclusively for the care of the mentally ill. He died suddenly in 1862 soon after the Battle of Williamsburg. From the description of Galt Papers (II) 1840-1862. (College of William & Mary). WorldCat record id: 191881573 ...

Galt, Mary D.

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Eastern State Hospital (Va.)

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Galt, William Richard, 1818-1892.

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Galt, Alexander, 1827-1863

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Gault family.

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The Galt family of Williamsburg, Va. operated the Eastern State Hospital. Galt family members include John Minson Galt II, A. D. Galt, Jr., Sarah Maria Galt, Elizabeth J. Galt, and others. From the description of Galt Family Papers, 1745-1892. (College of William & Mary). WorldCat record id: 191881577 ...

Galt, Sarah Maria, 1822-1880.

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Galt, Elizabeth Judith, 1816-1854.

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