Mary Henry Diary Entries on Dorothea Dix and Fort Sumter Attack
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Creator: Henry, Mary Anna 1834-1903
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Date: April 13 -15, 1861
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7001, Box 51, Folder: 3
Entry from the diary of Mary Henry, daughter of Joseph Henry, first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, reminiscing about her friend the social activist Dorothea Dix and her work creating Civil War era hospitals to care for injured soldiers. Mary also discusses the attack on Fort Sumter.
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Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7001, Box 51, Folder: 3
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