Samuel Brown Papers,1817-1825

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Title

Samuel Brown Papers

Date

1817-1825

Repository

The Filson Historical Society Special Collections Louisville, Kentucky 40208 USA

Conditions Governing Access note

Open to researchers.

Preferred Citation Note

[Identification of item], Samuel Brown Papers, 1817-1825, Special Collections, The Filson Historical Society, Louisville.

Extent

0.66 cubic ft.

Scope and Content

Physician. The Samuel Brown papers contain much information on the medical community in the United States in the early 19th century. Letters from fellow doctors discuss medical news, recent cases, medical research, education, outbreaks of diseases, and opinions and gossip about other doctors. In addition, there is correspondence from family and friends, primarily from Alabama, that relates not only family news but also information regarding plantations, slaves, cotton, weather, education, local and national politics, finances, and the economy. Correspondents include Daniel Drake, Coleman Rogers, Rene LaRoche, Richard Harlan, Benjamin Silliman, John Revere, Henry Miller, Jr., Thomas Cooper, Charles Caldwell, Francois Andre Michaux, Horace Holley, Thomas George Percy, John W. Walker, and Thomas Hill Williams. A calendar is filed with the collection

Subjects

• Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848.
• Alabama-- Economic conditions.
• Bache, Franklin, 1792-1864-- Correspondence.
• Banks and banking-- Kentucky-- History-- Sources.
• Baptists-- Ohio-- Cincinnati-- History-- Sources.
• Barton, William P. C. (William Paul Crillon), 1786-1856.
• Blythe, James, ca. 1765-1842.
• Briggs, John M., b. 1798.
• Brown, James, 1766-1835.
• Brown, James Percy, 1811-1844.
• Brown, John, 1757-1837.
• Brown, Preston W., 1775-1826.
• Brown, Orlando, 1801-1867.
• Brown, Susan Catherine, b. ca. 1809.
• Buchanan, Joseph, 1785-1829.
• Caldwell, Charles, 1772-1853-- Correspondence.
• Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850.
• Chapman, Nathaniel, 1780-1853.
• Cincinnati (Ohio)-- Social life and customs.
• Clay, Henry, 1777-1852.
• Cooper, Thomas, 1759-1839-- Correspondence.
• Cotton growing-- Alabama-- History-- Sources.
• Cotton growing-- Kentucky-- History-- Sources.
• Crawford, William Harris, 1772-1834.
• Diseases-- Kentucky-- History-- Sources.
• Dorsey, John Syng, 1783-1818.
• Drake, Daniel, 1785-1852-- Correspondence.
• Dudley, Benjamin W. (Benjamin Winslow), 1785-1870.
• Duke, Basil Wilson, 1838-1916.
• Eberle, John, 1787-1838.
• Fire extinction-- Kentucky-- Lexington-- History-- Sources.
• Fishback, James, 1776-1845.
• Forsyth, John, 1780-1841.
• Gibbs, George, 1776-1833.
• Gibson, William, 1788-1868.
• Godman, John D. (John Davidson), 1794-1830.
• Harlan, Richard, 1796-1843.
• Holley, Horace, 1781-1827-- Correspondence.
• Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845.
• Kentucky-- Politics and government-- 1792-1865-- Sources.
• Land use-- Florida-- History-- Sources.
• Laroche, R. (Rene), 1795-1872-- Correspondence.
• McKee, John, 1771-1832.
• Medical colleges-- United States-- History-- Sources.
• Medical education-- United States-- History-- Sources.
• Medicine-- Societies, etc.-- History-- Sources.
• Michaux, Francois Andre, 1770-1885-- Correspondence.
• Missouri Compromise-- Sources.
• Monroe, James, 1758-1831.
• Morgan, Calvin C., ca. 1799-1854.
• Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859.
• Parrish, Joseph, 1779-1840.
• Pattison, Granville Sharp, 1791-1851.
• Percy, Thomas George, d. 1841.
• Physicians-- United States-- Correspondence.
• Physick, Philip Syng, 1768-1837.
• Pinckney, Charles, 1757-1824.
• Rafinesque, C. S. (Constantine Samuel), 1783-1840.
• Revere, John, 1787-1847-- Correspondence.
• Richardson, William H. (William Hall), d. 1844.
• Rogers, Coleman, 1781-1855-- Correspondence.
• Rush, James, 1786-1869.
• Seminole War, 1st, 1817-1818-- Sources.
• Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864.
• Slavery-- United States-- History-- Sources.
• Walker, John Williams, 1783-1823-- Correspondence.
• Ware, Nathaniel A., ca. 1790-1854.
• Webster, John White, 1793-1850.
• Williams, Thomas Hill, 1780-1840.
• Women-- Education-- Kentucky-- History-- Sources.
• Yandell, Lunsford P. (Lunsford Pitts), 1805-1878.