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Title
Letter from Alfred North to Dr. Nathan North
Date Created and/or Issued
1844 May 11
Contributing Institution
UC San Diego, Special Collections and Archives
Collection
Alfred North Correspondence and Other Documents
Rights Information
Public domain
Constraint(s) on Use: This work may be used without prior permission.
Use: This work is available from the UC San Diego Library. This digital copy of the work is intended to support research, teaching, and private study.
Description
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca)
These digital images are surrogates of items from the Alfred North Correspondence and Other Documents (Box 1, Folder 1).
The letter describes a cholera epidemic at the American Mission in Madura, India, where North lived with his family. In the letter, he describes the death of his wife and the illness of his children from the disease. A part of this letter was published in Transactions & Studies of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia ser.5, vol.5, no.1 (1983): 13-17.
[Title, Date]. Alfred North Correspondence and Other Documents. MSS 138. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
Type
text
Format
1 letter
Language
English
Subject
Cholera
Correspondence
Madurai (India : District)
Place
Madurai (India : District)

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