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Size | 153 items |
Abstract | John Y. Bassett (1805-1851) was a physician of Huntsville, Ala. The collection contains letters relating to medical, financial, and family matters of John Y. Bassett and family correspondence of his wife, Isaphoene Thompson Bassett. The correspondence includes letters from editors Theodore Parker and William Gilmore Simms, 1849-1850, criticizing Bassett's article on race ethnology. After her husband's death in 1852, there are letters to Mrs. Bassett from her children, including sons Watkins (died 1862) and Henry Willis. Watkins wrote from Waco, Tex., where he was living with his uncle. Henry joined the Confederate Army and wrote from camps in Mississippi. |
Creator | Bassett, John Y., 1805-1851. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, July 2010
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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John Y. Bassett (1805-1851) was a physician of Huntsville, Ala. His wife was Isaphoene Thompson Bassett (died 1871).
Back to TopThe collection includes letters relating to medical, financial, and family matters of John Y. Bassett and family correspondence of his wife, Isaphoene Thompson Bassett. The correspondence includes letters from editors Theodore Parker and William Gilmore Simms, 1849-1850, criticizing Bassett's article on race ethnology. After her husband's death in 1852, there are letters to Mrs. Bassett from her children, including sons Watkins (died 1862) and Henry Willis. Watkins wrote from Waco, Tex., where he was living with his uncle. Henry joined the Confederate Army and wrote from camps in Mississippi.
Back to TopFolder 1 |
Original finding aid |
Papers, 1822-1839 |
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Folder 2 |
Papers, 1840-1845 |
Folder 3 |
Papers, 1846-1850 |
Folder 4 |
Papers, 1851-1855 |
Folder 5 |
Papers, 1856-1866 and 1871 |
Image P-1527/1 |
Henry Willis Bassett, carte de visite, circa 1869 |