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• 1845-11-04

• Samford University Library

• Transcription available. In this letter, dated 4 November 1845, Dr. Prevost writes to his father in Philadelphia on his experience during his travels on the Steamboat Eliza bound for the U.S. Arsenal at Mt. Vernon, Alabama. Dr. Prevost describes in amazing detail his experience on the Alabama River, the characters he meets along the way, his views on slavery, scenes of Montgomery, etc. William Brantley, the donor, wrote "Good account of bachelor life of young, yankee physician in an unknown, unsettled Southern community." Dr. Grayson M. Prevost of Philadelphia was acting surgeon at the U.S. Arsenal at Mt. Vernon, Alabama, beginning in late 1845 through early 1846. In the spring of 1846, Prevost was re-assigned to the warfront during the Mexican-American War.

• Steamboats
• Montgomery (Ala.)
• Transportation
• Arsenals
• Mount Vernon (Ala.)
• Bodies of water
• United States. Army
• Rivers
• Slavery
• Mobile County (Ala.)
• Alabama River (Ala.)
• Montgomery County (Ala.)

• 1840-1849

• English

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• https://digitalcollections.samford.edu/documents/detail/54256 

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