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1845 letter from Dr. Grayson M. Prevost, acting surgeon, U.S. Arsenal, Mt. Vernon, Alabama, to his sister
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1845 Letter From Dr. Grayson M. Prevost, Acting Surgeon, U.s. Arsenal, Mt. Vernon, Alabama, to His Sister. . 1845. Retrieved from the Atla Digital Library, https://digitalcollections.samford.edu/documents/detail/54265.APA citation style
(1845). 1845 letter from Dr. Grayson M. Prevost, acting surgeon, U.S. Arsenal, Mt. Vernon, Alabama, to his sister. Retrieved from the Atla Digital Library, https://digitalcollections.samford.edu/documents/detail/54265.Chicago citation style
1845 Letter From Dr. Grayson M. Prevost, Acting Surgeon, U.s. Arsenal, Mt. Vernon, Alabama, to His Sister. 1845. Retrieved from the Atla Digital Library, https://digitalcollections.samford.edu/documents/detail/54265.Note: These citations are programmatically generated and may be incomplete.
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- Transcription available. In this letter, dated 6 November 1845, Dr. Prevost writes to his sister in Philadelphia describing in vivid detail the Arsenal at Mt. Vernon and the surrounding area. 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.
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