Papers 1820-1866.

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Papers 1820-1866.

Correspondence, religious notes, sermons, church proclamations, newspaper clippings, and other papers of John L. DeSellem (1777-1840?), Methodist clergyman and abolitionist, of Columbiana and Jefferson Counties, Ohio, and his wife, Lucy (Nessly) DeSellem (1787-1849). Includes diary (1836-37) of John DeSellem, describing a voyage down the Ohio River from Pittsburgh, Pa., to Memphis, Tenn.; accounts by Col. Richard Brown of a voyage on the Ohio River from Steubenville, Ohio, to Maysville, Ky. (1823), and on the schooner Wealthy from New Orleans to Philadelphia (1803); and daybooks (1832-66) of John Brown. Contact repository for more information.

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Nessly-DeSellem Families.

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DeSellem, John L., 1777-1840?

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Dr. Gilbert Brown (1883-1960) was a pioneer of modern anaesthesia in Australia and was the first president of the Australian Society of Anaesthetists. He was made a CBE in 1953. Dr. Marie Brown, nZ̐̌ee Simpson, (1883-1949) had a strong emphasis on public health and maternal and infant health in her medical career. She was associated with the Mothers and Babies' Health Association for many years. Their son, Ian Brown (1917-1987), had a 36 year career with the CSIRO (previously CSIR), beginning in...