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1846 September 13 . Timothy Rockwell ALS to Chester Rockwell; Pike, [New York].

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Abstract:
Describes his long confinement due to a broken leg and a doctor's treatment of the injury. Notes the doctor pulling and straightening the leg for two weeks. "... it finally grew together after a long time altho it is quite crooked it is a pretty good leg." Comments on family health, including their mother who continues to suffer from impaired "reason memory & judgement." Family news, including a number of people who have moved to Wisconsin, those working in a woolen factory and wanting to move west, and marriages. Notes a family who has returned from Wisconsin when they were unable to purchase suitable land and found the region sickly. "... he could not buy to suit him government lan[d] is principally taken up that is worth having and speculators ask high for it second handed there is some government land far back from market but that is becoming jammed full of foriners of the lowest grade." Mentions people suffering from bilous fever and ague.
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Science and Medicine collection, 1702-1936
Total components 316
Last indexed 2024-08-05