Papers, 1859-1875.

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Papers, 1859-1875.

Describes experiences in the Connecticut Infantry, 13th Regiment and in the U.S. telegraph service in Louisiana including the surrender of Port Hudson and the lack of aseptic medical facilities; also discusses social conditions of Afro-Americans and attitudes toward suffrage for them; describes the natural habitat of Louisiana's Southwest Passage in 1863.

1 box ; 39 x 26 x 12 cm.

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Bassett family.

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Fowler, O. S. (Orson Squire), 1809-1887

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Orson Squire Fowler, phrenologist, was born in Cohocton, New York, on October 11, 1809, and died in Connecticut on August 18, 1887. In October 1838, he issued in Philadelphia the first number of the AMERICAN PHENOLOGICAL JOURNAL. Among his many volumes on phrenology and kindred subjects are MEMORY AND INTELLECTUAL IMPROVEMENT (1841), PHYSIOLOGY, ANIMAL AND MENTAL (1842), and MATRIMONY, OR PHRENOLOGY APPLIED TO THE SELECTION OF COMPANIONS (1842). From the description of Phrenological ...

Bassett, Milton Humphrey, 1840-1926

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Connecticut Infantry

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