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West family correspondence, 1782-1841 (inclusive)

Extent:

.1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (15 items (1 folder)))

Abstract:

Collection of miscellaneous letters, mostly relating to family and affairs of Samuel West, a Quaker merchant of London and Maidenhead, England. Of particular interest is a letter from Henry Tuke concerning proposed admission of a patient to The Retreat, a home for the mentally ill in Leeds.

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