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Joseph R. Anderson Letters
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-037
Abstract
The Joseph R. Anderson Letters contain correspondence to Dr. Francis T. Stribling, the head of the Western Lunatic Asylum in Staunton, Virginia for bedposts, and James T. Ames Esq., the agent for Ames Manufacturing Company in Chicopee, Massachusetts regarding orders.
Dates:
1860 - 1861
John W. Norwood Letter to Francis T. Stribling
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-038
Abstract
The John W. Norwood Letter to Francis Stribling discusses the mental health of Norwood's wife and her paranoia torward the people they enslave.
Dates:
1851
Western Lunatic Asylum [Staunton, Virginia] Collection
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2016-021
Abstract
The Western Lunatic Asylum Collection includes correspondence written to the Western Lunatic Asylum in Staunton, Virginia, dating from 1840 through the late 19th century, as well as annual reports from the 1860s and 1900s.
Dates:
1840 - 1903; Majority of material found within 1840 - 1868
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