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Cholera -- Tennessee -- Nashville.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Edmund Dillahunter Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MS-2239
Abstract

In a July 21, 1849 letter to General George W. Gordon, Edmund Dillahunter of Middle Tennessee discusses a recent cholera epidemic as well as the local political scene. He expresses his dislike of secession and his fear that the rift over the slavery question will only escalate.

Dates: 1849 July 21

Nashville Cholera Epidemic Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MS-2701
Abstract

In a June 17, 1849 letter to his friend D. C. Douglass in Lebanon, Tenn., [Jason] Delaney discusses the scene of a recent cholera epidemic in Nashville, Tenn.

Dates: 1849 June 17

Nashville Cholera Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MS-3135
Abstract

This collection houses a letter written by a woman possibly named Sapphire to her sister Electa on March 20, 1874, sent from Nashville, Tennessee. She discusses a recent cholera epidemic in Nashville, as well as the weather, aging, and religion.

Dates: 1874 March 20