Papers of George N. Thrift, 1825-1985.

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Papers of George N. Thrift, 1825-1985.

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Include admission cards, 1825-1827, of George N. Thrift to attend medical lectures at the University of Pennsylvania; correspondence, 1837-1856, of Thrift, regarding a possible move to Missouri, a fugitive slave, Locust Dale farm, a house for sale in Washington, D.C., attending medical lectures in Philadelphia, Pa., and a description of the city, and insurrections in Cuba and the reception thereof in New Orleans, La., and New York, N.Y. Also include admission card, 1851, of George A. Sommers to lectures in anatomy given by W.E. Horner at Jefferson Medical College; survey, 5 June 1852, of land in Madison County, Va., belonging to George N. Thrift; and statement, 1853, of D.H.E. Sanders, regarding a personal dispute between George N. Thrift and James Lawson Kemper. Also include handwritten copy of a will, 1857, of George N. Thrift, including extensive instructions for the disposition of his lands in Missouri and Virginia as well as his slaves, and provision for his wife and children. Also include letter, 26 April [186-?], from George A. Sommers, Greenwood Depot, Albemarle County, Va., to his wife, regarding family matters, the respective positions of Confederate and Union forces in the vicinity, as well as the morale of the people in Albemarle and Augusta counties, Va.; and letter, 2 April 1875, N.M. Wilson & Co., Richmond, Va., to James Early Thrift, Madison County, Va., regarding the tobacco and grain markets. Also include two newspaper clippings, 1985, regarding 19th- and early 20th-century physicians in Madison County, Va.; portrait, n.d., of George N. Thrift; daguerreotype portrait, n.d., of George A. Sommers; and two photographs, n.d., of Locust Dale (Military) Academy, Madison County, Va.

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Kemper, James Lawson, 1823-1895

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C.S.A. general; Virginia governor, 1874-1878. From the description of Letter to Dr. A. G. Grinnan, 1856 June 4. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 52960481 James Lawson Kemper (1823-1895) was a Virginia legislator, Confederate soldier and governor of Virginia (1874-1878). From the description of Papers, 1800-1894 (bulk 1841-1888). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86172341 Kemper was an alumnus of Washington College (Class of 1842) and a Madison ...

Locust Dale Academy (Madison County, Va.)

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Sanders, D. H. E.

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Sommers, George A.

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Jefferson Medical College

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Horner, William E. (William Edmonds), 1793-1853

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Philadelphia anatomist. From the description of ALS : Philadelphia, to an unidentified correspondent, 1825 June 16. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122626182 William Edmonds Horner, anatomist, was born on 3 June 1793 in Warrenton, Va., to William and Mary (Edmonds) Horner. On 26 Oct. 1820 he married Elizabeth Welsh of Philadelphia; they had 10 children. He died in Philadelphia on 13 March 1853. Horner studied medicine under John Spence and received his ...

Thrift, George N., 1802-ca. 1857.

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Physician of Madison County, Va. From the description of Papers of George N. Thrift, 1825-1985. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 34567055 ...

N. M. Wilson & Co.

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