Letters, 1847-1851.

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Letters, 1847-1851.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38744856

Collection consists of five letters to Palmer, three from his father, Charles Palmer who had suffered financial problems in Richmond and moved to New Orleans in 1848. These letters are mainly personal but mention the cholera epidemic in New Orleans that was said to have been brought there by the ship SWARTON. Another letter from a friend concerns an election in Buchanan, Va. and another discusses Dandridge Pitts ("He is as hospitable as the day, as blasphemous as Satan and as jovial as Falstaff.").

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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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Palmer, William Pitt, 1805-1884

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Richmond, Va. physician and editor. Palmer was a surgeon in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. From the description of Letters, 1847-1851. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 38744856 William Pitt Palmer was born in Stockbridge, Mass., educated at Williams College, taught in New York City, studied medicine, and became a journalist. He was president of the Manhattan Insurance Company and later vice-president of the Irving Insurance Company. He was the autho...