John Y. Bassett papers, 1822-1871.

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John Y. Bassett papers, 1822-1871.

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Letters relating to medical, financial, and family matters of John Young Bassett and family correspondence of his wife, Isaphoene (Thompson) Bassett. The correspondence includes letters from editors Theodore Parker and William Gilmore Simms, 1849-1850, criticizing Bassett's article on race ethnology. After her husband's death in 1852, there are letters to Mrs. Bassett from her children, including sons Watkins and Henry William (d. 1862). Watkins wrote from Waco, Tex., where he was living with his uncle. Henry joined the Confederate Army and wrote from camps in Mississippi until his death at Shiloh.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Bassett family.

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Bassett, John Y. (John Young), 1805-1851

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John Y. Bassett (1805-1851) was a physician of Huntsville, Ala. His wife was Isaphoene Thompson Bassett (died 1871). From the guide to the John Y. Bassett Papers, ., 1822-1871, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) John Young Bassett was a physician of Huntsville, Ala. From the description of John Y. Bassett papers, 1822-1871. WorldCat record id: 24599969 ...

Simms, William Gilmore, 1806-1870

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Author, poet, and editor of South Carolina. From the description of William Gilmore Simms papers, 1735-1987. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 766024802 South Carolina author. From the description of ALsS : Woodland, near Midway, S.C., to his publishers, Philadelphia, 1840-1843. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122525116 Poet and author. From the description of William Gilmore Simms correspondence, 1842-...

Parker, Theodore, 1810-1860.

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Unitarian minister and reformer. From the description of Letter, 1850 Nov. 5, Boston, to Charles Mason. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 170925855 Rev. Theodore Parker (1810-1860), Unitarian minister, social reformer, and publicist, was born in Lexington, Mass., a grandson of Captain John Parker (1729-1775) of Revolutionary fame. Parker graduated from Harvard Divinity School in 1836, became minister of West Roxbury, and proceeded to develop his theological and social ...

Bassett, Isaphoene Thompson, d. 1871.

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