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28 March 1864: “…he knows of no disease so prostrating as diptheria & that in such a severe attack as Johnnie’s has been it takes weeks and sometimes months to recover entirely…”

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Item description: Letter, dated 28 March 1864, from Annie Schon in Atlanta, GA to her sister Bettie Kimberly in Chapel Hill, NC.  Annie describes her husband John and son Johnnie’s diagnosis with diphtheria and their subsequent treatment and recoveries. [transcription … Continue reading →

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27 August 1863: “We left them in trouble on account Henrietta’s eldest child having diptheria”

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Item description:  Letter, dated 27 August 1863, from Jane Gibert Pettigru North to her daughter, Jane Caroline “Carey” North Pettigrew.  In the letter, she discusses the lives and health of friends and family members, as well as her recent experience … Continue reading →

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