A bound book for 1870
By: Henry Gerald Hall
Publisher: Louisiana State University, Archives & Special Collections
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Shreveport, La
Language: eng
Format: [microform] /
Subjects: Diaries; Yellow fever; History
Other titles: Henry G. Hall diary :
Notes: Henry Gerald Hall, a Shreveport attorney educated at Princeton in the 1850s was a Caddo Parish judge in the 1870s. His diary, Jan.1 , 1870 through Oct. 1873 includes information of activities in and around Shreveport and is particularly important for its account of the Yellow fever epidemic, Aug.-Oct. 1873. Judge Hall himself succumbed to the fever. The collection also includes some earlier letters written while he was a student at Princeton.

Printed guide to the collection titled: A guide to the Archives & Special Collections in the Noel Memorial Library at Louisiana State University, Shreveport.