Timothy Pickering (Salem [Mass.]) letter to Benjamin Rush (Philadelphia), 1807 July 5

Containers:

Box 1, Folder 14

Creator:

Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829

Extent:

1 Leaves

Scope and content:

Pickering details how the family is no longer able to care for William. He has decided to send William to Rush's hospital in Philadelphia, where he will not be able to escape and might recover. He adds that another son, George, is potentially manifesting the same symptoms as William.

Acquisition information:

Gift of Josiah Charles Trent Collection, 1956

Physical description:

2 pages; 25 cm

Subjects:

Mental illness -- Treatment -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Mentally ill -- Commitment and detention -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Mentally ill -- Treatment -- United States -- History -- 19th century

Names:

Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813

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