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Box 3

 Container

Contains 1 Result:

Isaac W. Hayhurst letters, 1864 August

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 6
Identifier: MSS 7928 Series 2
Scope and Contents Contains eleven letters from Hayhurst to his wife Louisa/Lucy during August 1864. The letters were written while Hayhurst was with his son Edward in the Sherman Hospital (Nashville, Tennessee), while the latter was suffering from typhoid fever and the resulting ulcers and open sores on his body. The letters give a report of Edward's health and recovery about every other day of the month, and also discuss father Isaac's journey to the hospital, the medical staff and their care habits, the...
Dates: 1864 August
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 7928, Edward M. Hayhurst correspondence and other material / Hayhurst family letters and other material

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