ALS, 1869 October 20 : Washington, D.C. to ex-Governor Elwood Evans.

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ALS, 1869 October 20 : Washington, D.C. to ex-Governor Elwood Evans.

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Dix writes, "Dear Sir, I respectfully ask your immediate attention to the inadequate and I think I must add, to the too irresponsible condition of th Insane At Monticello" (of Washington D.C. territory).

6 p. ; 21 x 13.5 cm.

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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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...

Evans, Elwood, 1828-1898

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Elwood Evans was born about 1828. By the early 1850's he was living in Olympia, WA. He was one of the first attorneys to practice in Olympia. As one of the early pioneers of Thurston County, WA, he was very active in political life holding many local offices. He was elected to the first Legislative Assembly in Washington Territory. In December 1862, he was appointed Secretary of Washington Territory and served William T. Pickering, Governor. Because his appointment wasn't accompanied by a bond, ...