Pliny Earle papers, 1806-1897
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Summary
- Creator:
- Earle, Pliny, 1809-1892
- Abstract:
- Business and professional correspondence of Pliny Earle, Sr., (1762-1832), inventor and cotton textiles manufacturer, and of Pliny, (1809-1892), physician and alienist, including a few personal letters to Miss Earle. Correspondence addressed to Earle, Sr., touches on politics, patent rights and carding machines. Correspondence addressed to Earle relates to mental illness and the institutional care of the mentally ill. He received letters from physicians, institutional administrators, and philanthropists, including a number of letters of introduction. Items, mostly ALS and 10 addressed envelopes, are arranged in roughly chronological order.
- Extent:
- 71 items
- Language:
- Materials in English
- Collection ID:
- RL.10432
Background
- Scope and content:
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Business and professional correspondence of Pliny Earle, Sr., (1762-1832), inventor and cotton textiles manufacturer, and of Pliny, (1809-1892), physician and alienist, including a few personal letters to Miss Earle. Correspondence addressed to Earle, Sr., touches on politics, patent rights and carding machines. Correspondence addressed to Earle relates to mental illness and the institutional care of the mentally ill. He received letters from physicians, institutional administrators, and philanthropists, including a number of letters of introduction. Items, mostly ALS and 10 addressed envelopes, are arranged in roughly chronological order.
- Biographical / historical:
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Quaker physician and alienist of Northhampton, Mass.
- Acquisition information:
- Source unknown
- Processing information:
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Processed by: Rubenstein Staff
Finding aid derived from MARC record using DukeMARC2EAD-HOMproject.xsl, December 2014
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- General note:
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Forms part of the Trent Manuscripts Collection.
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Pliny Earle papers, 1806-1897, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.