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Henry Hastings Hunt papers

 Collection
Identifier: M195

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Scope and Contents

Thirty letters (August 25, 1862 - April 11, 1865), from Hunt to his mother and sister, and three diaries (1863, 1864, 1865). The material relates to Hunt's military career.

Dates

  • Creation: 1862-1865

Creator

Biographical/Historical Note

Henry H. Hunt (1842-1894; Bowdoin 1862), a native of Gorham, Maine, served in the First Maine Battery of Light Artillery during the Civil War. He fought in many battles, including Second Bull Run and Gettysburg.

After the war Hunt received his M.D. at the Medical School of Maine (1867), and practiced medicine in Gorham (1868-1882) and Portland (1882-1894), Maine. He lectured at and held the chair in physiology in the Medical School of Maine from 1884 to 1891.

Hunt married Gertrude Jewett of Buffalo, N.Y., in 1887.

Extent

0.25 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Thirty letters (August 25, 1862 - April 11, 1865), from Hunt to his mother and sister, and three diaries (1863, 1864, 1865) relating to Hunt's military career.

Related Materials

For related Hunt family materials, see the papers of his sister, Mary Eliza Hunt Carson and memoirs of his brother, Charles O. Hunt.

Related Names

Subjects

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the Henry Hastings Hunt Papers
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011 Repository

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