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Dorothea Dix Letter to Dr. Flowers Regarding Appointment of Nurse

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Title	Dorothea Dix Letter to Dr. Flowers Regarding Appointment of Nurse
Subject	Ohio Women Military Ohio Civil War Nurses Nursing
Place	New Lexington (Ohio) Perry County (Ohio)
Description	Dorothea Dix (1802-1887), the Union's superintendent of female nurses, wrote this letter to Dr. Flowers accepting the service of Miss Susan Free at the Union hospital in Lexington, Kentucky. Dr. Flowers then sent Dix's letter to Governor David Tod of Ohio requesting a pass for Miss Free to travel to and from the hospital. The letters are one page each and are written on the front and back of one sheet of paper that measures 5" x 8" (12.7 x 20.32 cm). During the Civil War, Ohio provided the third largest number of men for the Union and the largest number of soldiers in relation to the population of the state. It is estimated that 346,326 Ohioans served in the Union army. Of those that served, 11,588 were fatally wounded in battle.
Creator	Dix, Dorothea, 1802-1887
Date of Original	1862
Collection	Correspondence to the Governor and Adjutant General of Ohio http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/statearc/findaid/0147.html
Source	Unpublished material (archives/manuscripts); State Archives Series 147
Format	manuscripts
Submitting Institution	Ohio Historical Society
Rights	Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type	Text
Date created	2010-10-19

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Full Text	F.L. Flowers, M.D. Dear Sir-The service of Miss Susan Free is accepted for any General Hospital [underlined] to which the Resident Surgeon will admit her-The Rules [underlined] of this service grant [illegible word crossed out] admission to field [underlined] hospitals for women-how do they allow their service under any title while armies are in active [underlined] service [illegible]. I think if Miss Free possesses the qualifications you describe she will find her place in a General [underlined] Hospital. [illegible] Sir with Respect, Feb. 4th 1862. D. L. Dix
Date created	2009-01-05

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