Papers, 1778-1897.

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Papers, 1778-1897.

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Correspondence of the Ogden and Wetmore families of Connecticut and Ohio, especially of businessmen Jacob Ogden, of Hartford and New Haven, Conn., and William Wetmore of Connecticut and Ohio, and Sarah (Ogden) Reed and her husband, Dr. Silas Reed, of Cincinnati, Ohio. Topics include migration from Connecticut to Western Reserve in Ohio and early settlement and life in the area, genealogy of Ogden and Wetmore families, religion, diseases and medical practices such as blistering and bloodletting, and Cincinnati, Ohio. Persons represented include Lyman Beecher, Dr. Daniel Drake (1785-1852), and the Dexter family.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Drake, Daniel, 1785-1852

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Scientist and physician; founder of the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. From the description of Daniel Drake letter to Charles D. Meigs [manuscript], 1847 June 19. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 505834256 Biographical note: Daniel Drake received his early medical training in Cincinnati, Ohio as an apprentice of Dr. William Goforth and engaged in practice in that city. After studying medicine formally at the University of Pennsylvania (1805, 1816)...

Reed family.

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Ogden family.

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Wetmore family.

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Dexter family.

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Beecher, Lyman, 1775-1863!

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American preacher and revivalist; also famous as reformer, educator, and central figure in theological controversies; b. in New Haven, Conn.; in 1799 ordained as pastor of the Presbyterian Church in East Hampton, N.Y.; in 1810 accepted the pulpit of the First Congregational Church of Litchfield, Conn., where he attracted large crowds. In 1826 became pastor of the Hanover Street Church in Boston where his reputation for defending orthodoxy against Unitarianism became widespread. During his years ...