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Furniss, John P., fl. 1861 to Judge Haden

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00653.24.01 Author/Creator: Furniss, John P., fl. 1861 Place Written: New Orleans, Louisiana Type: Autograph letter signed Date: January 5, 1861 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 18.3 x 14.5 cm. Order a Copy

Asks for financial remittance due to his having taken "private classes to improve [himself] in particular branches of Medicine." Relates that two convicts hung the day before, and a friend of his took a part of one of the bodies for Furniss to dissect. Signed "Your friend & ward." Furniss was a Confederate doctor.

Furniss, John P., fl. 1861
Haden, Judge, fl. 1861

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