Alfred William Douglass Letter
In a March 19, 1849 letter to his cousin D. C. Clint Douglass in Lebanon, Tennessee, Alfred William Douglass writes from Nashville of the increase in students enrolled at his school, his desire that Clint remain another year in law school, and his dislike of life in the city. He also notes that there is "no alarm here about cholera, though there are some deaths nearly every day."
Dates
- 1849 March 19
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Extent
0.1 Linear Feet (1 folder)
Abstract
In a March 19, 1849 letter to his cousin D. C. "Clint" Douglass in Lebanon, Tennessee, Alfred William Douglass writes from Nashville of the increase in students enrolled at his school, his desire that Clint remain another year in law school, and his dislike of life in the city. He also notes that there is "no alarm here about cholera, though there are some deaths nearly every day."
Biographical/Historical Note
Alfred William Douglass of Gallatin, Tennessee, was a minister and educator in Nashville. Douglass was born in 1822 to Alfred Mason and Cherry Ferrell Douglass. An 1842 graduate of the University of Nashville, Douglass was a tutor at that institution from 1843-1845. Douglass married Mourning Boddie in 1849. He served as president of the Male Academy from 1845 until his death from cholera on August 23, 1849. Douglass is buried in the Douglass Family Cemetery in Sumner County.
D. C. "Clint" Douglass is likely Dewitt Clinton Douglass (1848-1906) of Sumner County.
Arrangement
Collection consists of a single folder.
Acquisition Note
This collection was purchased by Special Collections in June 2002.
Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository