## Finding Aid to the Henkel Family Correspondence, 1786-1940

## MS C 291

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Archives and Modern Manuscripts Program, History of Medicine Division

National Library of Medicine

Processed by Jim Labosier

Processing Completed 2005

Encoded by Jim Labosier

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Public Health Service \* National Institutes of Health

### Administrative Information

#### Restrictions 

> Collection is not restricted. Contact the Reference Staff for
> information regarding access. For online customer service, please
> visit http://www.nlm.nih.gov/contacts/custserv-email.html.

#### Copyright 

> Copyright was transferred to the public domain. Contact the Reference
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#### Preferred Citation 

> Henkel family. Henkel Family correspondence.. 1786-1940. Located in:
> Modern Manuscripts Collection, History of Medicine Division, National
> Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD; MS C 291.

### Collection Summary

> Correspondence of a Virginia family including letters from the
> grandfather (Solomon), the father (Samuel G.) and mother (Susan), the
> three sons (Abram M., Haller H., and Caspar C.), as well as the
> daughters and some cousins. The bulk of the letters concern the
> brothers. These contain data relating to their medical education at
> the Universities of Virginia and Pennsylvania, and Bellevue; their
> medical work during the Civil War; and their medical practice. There
> is also consultation correspondence with other physicians. The
> collection provides a social history of a family as well as reflecting
> changes in the practice of medicine during the 19th century.

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|   |   | United States                                                 |
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<td>14</td>
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<td colspan="9">March - November, 1856</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>15</td>
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<td colspan="9">November - December, 1856</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>16</td>
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<td colspan="9">January, 1857</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>17</td>
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<td>18</td>
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<td colspan="9">April - August, 1857</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>20</td>
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<td colspan="9">~, 1858-1859</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>21-22</td>
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<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="9">~, 186?</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>1-2</td>
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<td colspan="9">January - March, 1860</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>3</td>
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<td colspan="9">April - December, 1860</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>4</td>
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<td colspan="9">January - April, 1861</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>5</td>
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<td colspan="9">May, 1861</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>6</td>
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<tr class="even">
<td colspan="9">July, 1861</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>7</td>
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<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="9">August - September, 1861</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>8</td>
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<tr class="even">
<td colspan="9">October - November, 1861</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>9</td>
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<td colspan="9">December, 1861</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>10</td>
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<td colspan="9">January, 1862</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>11</td>
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<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="9">February - March, 1862</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>12</td>
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<tr class="even">
<td colspan="9">April - July, 1862</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>13</td>
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<td colspan="9">August - September, 1862</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>14</td>
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<td colspan="9">October - December, 1862</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>15</td>
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<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="9">January - February, 1863</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>16</td>
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<tr class="even">
<td colspan="9">March - May, 1863</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>17</td>
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<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="9">July - August, 1863</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>18</td>
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<tr class="even">
<td colspan="9">September - October, 1863</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>19</td>
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<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="9">November - December, 1863</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>20</td>
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<tr class="even">
<td colspan="9">January - March, 1864</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>21</td>
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<td colspan="9">April 1864 - July 1865, 1964-1865</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>22</td>
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<td colspan="9">August 1865 - March 1866, 1865-1866</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>23</td>
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<td colspan="9">April - July, 1866</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>24</td>
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<td colspan="9">August - September, 1866</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>25</td>
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<td colspan="9">October - November, 1866</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>26</td>
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<td colspan="9">December 1866 - February 1867, 1866-1867</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>1</td>
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<td colspan="9">March - May, 1867</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>2</td>
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<td colspan="9">June - December, 1867</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>3</td>
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<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="9">January - March, 1868</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>4</td>
<td></td>
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<tr class="even">
<td colspan="9">April - October, 1868</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>5</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
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<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="9">November 1868 - December 1869, 1868-1869</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>6</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
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<tr class="even">
<td colspan="9">March 1870 - June 1872, 1870-1872</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>7</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
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<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="9">August 1872 - October 1874, 1872-1874</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>8</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
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<tr class="even">
<td colspan="9">July 1875 - February 1877, 1875-1877</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>9</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
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<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="9">March 1877 - April 1878, 1877-1878</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>10</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
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<tr class="even">
<td colspan="9">May - December, 1878</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>11</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
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<td colspan="9">January - April, 1879</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>12</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
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<tr class="even">
<td colspan="9">May - September, 1879</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>13</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
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<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="9">October - November, 1879</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>14</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
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<tr class="even">
<td colspan="9">January 1880 - September 1882, 1880-1882</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>15</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
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<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="9">October 1882 - January 1883, 1882-1883</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>16</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
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<tr class="even">
<td colspan="9">February - October, 1883</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>17</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
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<td colspan="9">November 1883 - July 1889, 1883-1889</td>
<td>4</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
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<td colspan="9">~, 1893-1940</td>
<td>4</td>
<td>2</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
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<td colspan="9">Undated, n.d.</td>
<td>4</td>
<td>3-7</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
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<td colspan="9">Cards (printed), 1868-1880</td>
<td>4</td>
<td>8</td>
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<td colspan="9">Miscellaneous notes, poem, photo, 1858-1859</td>
<td>4</td>
<td>9</td>
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<td colspan="9">[Typescripts of selected letters, 1802-1863], n.d.</td>
<td>4</td>
<td>10</td>
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