Records, 1867- 1943 [1882-1936].

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Records, 1867- 1943 [1882-1936].

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Includes correspondence of Dr. R.J. Patterson, Dr. F.J. Daniels, legal documents, invoices and ledgers. Correspondence includes letters from patients' families inquiring about how the patient is doing or informing the doctor of how they are doing after leaving, requesting help for some person, asking the doctors opinion of other doctors, asking for an opinion on tobacco use, discussing lunacy laws and letters from friends. Day to day records of patients give handwritten accounts of the patients care, medication and how they are responding to it. Admission and discharge documents relate the patients' state at these times. Legal documents include letters, affidavits, and warrants of committment. Receipts.

17.2 linear feet 31 boxes + 53 bound v.

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Patterson, R. J.

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Daniels, F. H.

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Bellevue Place (Batavia, Ill.)

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Established in 1867 in Batavia, Ill. by Dr. R.J. Patterson as a private asylum for the insane and housed in what was once a school made of cut stone and surrounded by gardens and greenhouses, it catered to upper class women. Unlike most hospitals for the mentally ill of the time, restraints were not used and the surroundings were home like and quite luxurious. From the description of Records, 1867- 1943 [1882-1936]. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 48034821...