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Letter from Dorothea Dix to John Harper

ca. 1859-1867

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Letter from Dorothea Dix to John Harper
  • Title
  • Letter from Dorothea Dix to John Harper
  • Date
  • ca. 1859-1867
  • Identifier
  • MSS_8_B002_F10_I61
  • Description
  • A letter from Dorothea Dix to John Harper requesting a halt to the construction of the hospital because of the architect's "disregard of expenditure and want of judgment." Dix believes that the plans for the hospital are too advanced and expensive to follow completely.
  • Type
  • text
  • Genre
  • manuscripts (documents)
  • Source
  • Harper Family Papers and Photographs
  • Series
  • John Harper Papers 1834-1934
  • Container
  • Box 2, Folder 10, Item 21
  • 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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