1840-02-02 DETROIT MICH----CDS----TO MRS L DOUGLASS AT CASADAGA N Y FROM HER SON SILAS DOUGLASS AT DETROIT---FAMILY NEWS---MENTIONS LYDIA, SAMUEL, DR. SAGER, DR. PITCHER, SARAH, AND MR. HOUGHTON---"FOR THE LAST MONTH HAVE BEEN ENGAGED CONSTANTLY ALMOST IN THE DISSECTING ROOM AND SHALL CONTINUE SO FOR SOME TIME YET. IT IS FILTHY AND DISAGREEABLE BUSINESS, BUT TO ACQUIRE PROPER KNOWLEDGE IT MUST BE DONE. WE ARE ASSISTED BY DR. PITCHER AND THREE OR FOUR OTHER DOCTORS OF THE CITY AND WHO FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROTECTING US IN CASE OF ANY DISTURBANCE INVITE IN TO WITNESS THE DISSECTIONS SUNDRY DEACONS, PRIESTS AND LAWYERS AND THUS GET THEM TO COUNTENANCE OUR PROCEEDINGS. SO YOU WILL SEE THE RISK IS COMPARATIVELY SMALL."---GENEALOGY---COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - N

Year: 1840
Date: 1840-02-02
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 3

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