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Letter from Augustus C. French to Jonathan Baldwin Turner, April 28, 1851

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Title
Letter from Augustus C. French to Jonathan Baldwin Turner, April 28, 1851
Creator
French, Augustus C.  
Date
1851-04-28  
Decade
1850s
Description
French writes to Turner from Springfield, Illinois about a meeting he had with the board of what appears to be the Illinois Central Hospital for the Insane about Joseph Morton. The meeting appears to have centered around Morton's refusal to act under a commission made out under the wrong name.
Extent
1 sheet (4 pages)
Dimensions
25.3 cm
Language
eng
Genre Subject
Correspondence  
Collection/Series, subseries/box/folder
MS 333: Correspondence: Incoming; Box 1, Folder 2: 1850-1853
Collection Title
Jonathan Baldwin Turner Papers
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Acquisition information
Donated by Mary Turner Carriel in 1913 or by her son Reverend Charles A. Carriel in 1939.
Repository
Illinois History and Lincoln Collections
Type
  • Correspondence  
  • Text  
Identifier
0333_003_002_04
Collection
Jonathan Baldwin Turner Papers (Digitized Content)
TitleLetter from Augustus C. French to Jonathan Baldwin Turner, April 28, 1851
CreatorFrench, Augustus C.  
Date1851-04-28  
Decade1850s
DescriptionFrench writes to Turner from Springfield, Illinois about a meeting he had with the board of what appears to be the Illinois Central Hospital for the Insane about Joseph Morton. The meeting appears to have centered around Morton's refusal to act under a commission made out under the wrong name.
Extent1 sheet (4 pages)
Dimensions25.3 cm
Languageeng
Genre SubjectCorrespondence  
Collection/Series, subseries/box/folderMS 333: Correspondence: Incoming; Box 1, Folder 2: 1850-1853
Collection TitleJonathan Baldwin Turner Papers
RightsNo Copyright - United States
Acquisition informationDonated by Mary Turner Carriel in 1913 or by her son Reverend Charles A. Carriel in 1939.
RepositoryIllinois History and Lincoln Collections
Type
  • Correspondence  
  • Text  
Identifier0333_003_002_04
CollectionJonathan Baldwin Turner Papers (Digitized Content)

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