Letters and a deposition pertaining to the Western Lunatic Asylum, 1836-1856.

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Letters and a deposition pertaining to the Western Lunatic Asylum, 1836-1856.

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The collection consists of three letters to Dr. Francis T. Stribling, 1851-1856, and a deposition, 1836, pertaining to mentally ill patients at the Western Lunatic Asylum in Staunton, Va. The 1836 May 27 deposition of 11 year old Phebe Alexander of Rockbridge County, and her uncle James Alexander, concerns the conduct of her father William H. Alexander, whose release from the Asylum was being considered. The deposition mentions Alexander's physical abuse of his wife and sister and religious excesses at a prayer meeting conducted by him. In a letter, 1851 April 25, Thomas D. Smith, Spotsylvania, writes regarding the "present condition of my afflicted companion," his inability to get her to comply with Stribling's prescription, her horror of returning to Staunton, whether to use coercion, and his lack of funds. In a letter,1852 March 6, N. Burwell, Jr., writes from the Theological Seminary in Alexandria, Va., concerning his current employment as a travelling salesman of religious books, and mentions Clement Moore Butler, alfred Lee and William Meade. In a letter, 1856 September 18, R.G. Dunn, Graysville, sends funds for the care of a Daniel Eppes, and enquires after his state of mind.

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Dunn, R. G.

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Meade, William, 1789-1862

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Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of Virginia. From the description of William Meade papers, 1811-1867. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 660160649 Born 11 November 1789, the son of Richard Kidder Meade and Mary Fitzhugh (Grymes) Meade, William Meade graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1808. He married Mary Nelson (d. 1817) and Thomasia Nelson. He was elected Bishop of the Protestant Church in Virginia and Presiding Bishop of the 1861 Convention...

Alexander, William H., fl. 1836.

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Lee, Alfred, 1807-1887

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Episcopal Bishop of Delaware. From the description of Alfred Lee papers, 1836-1880. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 659549626 ...

Alexander, James, fl. 1836.

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Butler, C. M. (Clement Moore), 1810-1890

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Clergyman, author; minister, Syracuse and Palmyra, New York, Baltimore, Maryland, Boston and Washington, D.C.; rector, Grace Church, Rome, 1861-1864; professor, Divinty School of Protestant Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1864-1884. From the description of Letters, 1861, 1864 (bulk 1861) (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 27988958 Clement M. Butler preached the funeral sermon for the victims of the explosion on the U. S. S. Princeton. A...

Burwell, N., Jr., fl. 1852,

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Smith, Thomas D., fl. 1851,

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Eppes, Daniel, fl. 1856.

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Stribling, Francis T. (Francis Taliaferro), 1810-1874

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Western Lunatic Asylum (Va.)

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Alexander, Phebe, 1825-

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