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Letter from Dorothea Dix to John Harper

March 23, 1866

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Letter from Dorothea Dix to John Harper
  • Title
  • Letter from Dorothea Dix to John Harper
  • Date
  • March 23, 1866
  • Identifier
  • MSS_8_B002_F10_I51
  • Description
  • A letter from Dorothea Dix to John Harper regarding a 60-foot granite obelisk monument organized by Dix. Dix informs Harper that the cornerstone ceremony will take place on the Fourth of July and hopes for Jefferson Davis to watch the ceremonies "from the ramparts." Dix also informs Harper of the passage of a bill to fund the State Hospital for the Insane of Connecticut.
  • Type
  • text
  • Genre
  • manuscripts (documents)
  • Source
  • Harper Family Papers and Photographs
  • Series
  • John Harper Papers 1834-1934
  • Container
  • Box 2, Folder 10, Item 15
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • Harper Family Papers
  • Rights Information
  • Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.
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