Correspondence with Henry Charles Lea, 1889-1892.

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Correspondence with Henry Charles Lea, 1889-1892.

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Comprises 1 item from Samuel G. Dixon to S. Weir Mitchell, 2 items from Jesse Y. Burk to Lea, 1 item from Lea to Richard Wood, and 1 pamphlet, "Address on opening of the Institute of Hygiene of the University of Pennsylvania," by S. Weir Mitchell, 1892. Henry C. Lea funded the building of the Institute of Hygiene on 34th Street for $50,000.

5 items (6 leaves + 1 pamphlet).

University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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Mitchell, Silas Weir, 1829-1914

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Dixon, Samuel Gibson, 1851-1918

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Wood, Richardson, 1903-

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University of Pennsylvania. Institute of Hygiene.

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Burk, Jesse Y.

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