Papers II, 1817-1889.

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Papers II, 1817-1889.

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Personal and business papers of David Thayer, homeopathic physician, abolitionist, and legislator of Boston, Mass. containing Civil War correspondence pertaining to the treatment of the wounded, Afro-American troops, and the extension of slavery into Kansas. One letter includes a manuscript map of the area around Long Island and Ft. Sumter (S.C.) in 1864. Correspondents include Warren M. Babbitt (55th Mass. Volunteer Infantry), William H. Bugbee, Edward S. Bunker, and Alfred E. Parker (70th N.Y. Infantry), Francis J. Meriam (57th Mass. and 1st S.C. Volunteer Infantry), Wendell Phillips, John S. Tyler, and Benjamin F. Weeks (28th Mass. Volunteer Infantry). Medical correspondence includes letters on war wounds, homeopathic treatments of patients, conflicts over practices and fees with other physicians, and a description of homeopathy in Europe. Political materials include correspondence on Massachusetts state and local politics, the Harbor Commission Bill of 1865, and requests for employment; an 1817 manuscript on the right of suffrage in Virginia by an anonymous member of the Patrick Henry Society; and a small collection of printed materials of the Union League of America.

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