Papers of Samuel K. Jackson [manuscript], 1822-1893 (bulk 1866-1893).

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Papers of Samuel K. Jackson [manuscript], 1822-1893 (bulk 1866-1893).

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Include correspondence, speeches and medical lectures, class notes and clippings. The 1866 cholera epidemic in Norfolk is the chief topic in the correspondence. Other subjects include the quarantining of ships, the hanging of Dr. David Minton Wright in 1863 for the murder of a Union officer, and a dispute over the City's mortality rates. With these are three items pertaining to his professorship of Chemistry at the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Virginia (V.P.I.). The collection also contains sermons, 1826-1844, possibly by Jackson's brother, the Reverend William M. Jackson.

125 (ca.) items.

University of Virginia. Library

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University of Virginia. Library

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