Samuel A. Cartwright and family papers, 1826-1864.

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Samuel A. Cartwright and family papers, 1826-1864.

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Correspondence addresses Cartwright's medical career, contemporary politics, attitudes toward slavery, and the need for an emphasis on regional values in Southern education. Prominent correspondents include Jefferson Davis, John Slidell, Henry Clay, and John A. Quitman. Letters (1850-1864) between Cartwright's wife, Mary Wren, daughter Mary and her husband, William Alexander Gordon, concern family matters and Confederate civilian experiences. A treatise on "camp dysentery" and its cure is included, as are published pamphlets discussing Cartwright's racial theories and an unidentified photograph. A two volume diary (1837) kept by Cartwright during his travels in Europe provides his impressions of Italy, Switzerland, Germany, and France, and his reflections on the geographic, social, and technological differences between Europe and America.

67 items.2 ms. v.6 microfiche ; 11 x 15 cm.

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Cartwright, Samuel A. (Samuel Adolphus), 1793-1863

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Samuel A. Cartwright was a physician in Mississippi and professor at the University of Louisiana in New Orleans. In 1825, he married Mary Wren. He served at one time as a surgeon under General Andrew Jackson and during the Civil War he served as a Confederate Army physician and was charged with improving the sanitary conditions in camps around Vicksburg and Port Hudson. From the description of Samuel A. Cartwright prescription, 1833. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: ...

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

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Mary Ann Lamar Cobb (1818-1889), wife of Gen. Howell Cobb (1815-1868). From the description of Letter to Mary Ann Lamar Cobb, 1888 Oct. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476494 Jefferson Davis (1808-1889) was born in Kentucky. He attended Transylvania University for a short time before enrolling at West Point in 1824, at the age of 16. He graduated in 1828 and immediately joined the First Infantry. His regiment was engaged in the Blackhawk War of 1831. In 1833, he became a...

Cartwright family.

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