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Cornelius Rea Agnew letters

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Agnew, Cornelius Rea

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Letters from former patients and friends in Fla. to Agnew. Some letters concern the welfare and education of Seminole Indians, especially Howling Wolf, who was a prisoner at Fort Marion (Castillo de San Marcos) in St. Augustine, Fla. Howling Wolf's eye treatment in N.Y. is also discussed. Includes a letter of Dr. H. Caruthers of Tarrytown, N.Y. Letter of E.P. Pitcher of St. Augustine, Fla. concerns education of Seminoles at Hampton Institute, Va. and potential racial problems between Seminoles and Negroes. Letter also mentions religious conversations and prayer Pitcher had with Seminoles and their favorable response. Includes note from General William T. Sherman sent from Army headquarters in Washington, D.C.
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Keywords

  1. Blacks
  2. Caruthers, H
  3. Castillo De San Marcos (Saint Augustine, Fla.)
  4. College Of Physicians And Surgeons In The City Of New York
  5. Correspondence
  6. Diseases
  7. Education
  8. Eye
  9. Florida
  10. Hampton Institute
  11. Medical Care
  12. Officers
  13. Pitcher, E. P
  14. Relations With Indians
  15. Religious Life
  16. Seminole Indians
  17. Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820 1891
  18. United States
  19. United States. Army
  20. Virginia

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