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Dix, Dorothea Lynde, 1802-1887. Autograph Letter Signed to George Barrell Emerson; Lexington, Kentucky?, 1845 December 24

 File — Folder: 37
Call Number: MS Ch.M.3.2 pt.1
Scope and Contents Has promised six months of 1847 to Tennessee. Refused request to visit Mississippi and Louisiana. Day at state prison of Indiana – worst of all in respect to physical condition of convicts. [John] Evans of Indianapolis and governor of state ask that she visit Indiana in spring. Has learned that governor’s views on prison discipline changed on reading Remarks. Enjoins Emerson not to send people with missionary spirit to China, but to United States. Catholic Church making...
Dates: 1845 December 24