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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02075 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1870s |
| Title | Dorothea Lynde Dix to Charles Sumner requesting government publications |
| Date | ca. 1873 |
| Author | Dix, Dorothea Lynde (1802-1887) |
| Recipient | Sumner, Charles |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Written on her personal stationery, embossed with a "D," to her benefactor and friend, Sumner. Requests him to send certain government publications to her at the Government Hospital for the Insane of the Army and Navy in Washington, D.C. Among these are the 1870 census, from which Amasa Walker had been sending her information, and F. V. Hayden's Yellowstone survey. |
| Subjects | Women's History Government and Civics Hospital Health and Medical Mental Health Reform Movement Military History Census Surveying American West |
| People | Sumner, Charles Dix, Dorothea Lynde (1802-1887) |
| Theme | Health & Medicine; Women in American History; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |