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Preferred Citation

Galt Family Papers, Manuscript MS 78.3, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Acquisition Information

Purchase, 1978.

Alternative Form

Also available on microfilm (M-1585)

Biographical/Historical Information

Dr. John Minson Galt (1819-1862) served as the superintendant of Eastern State Hospital in Williamsburg, Virginia.

Scope and Content Information

Miscellaneous papers relating to the Galt family, especially Dr. John Minson Galt II (1819-1862), superintendent of Eastern State Hospital in Williamsburg, Va., and his sister, Sarah Maria Galt (1822-1880). Includes personal letters, architectural notes and rough sketches, newspaper clippings, genealogical information, and other miscellany. Contains information on Eastern State Hospital; attitudes toward the mentally ill; Williamsburg, Va., and its inhabitants; the disruptions of the Civil War; the Galt family; and the sculptor Alexander Galt.

Arrangement

Chronological.

Index Terms

Family Names:

• Galt Family

Persons:

• Galt, Alexander, 1827-1863.
• Galt, John M. (John Minson), 1819- 1862.
• Galt, Sara Maria, 1822-1880.

Subjects:

• Women--Virginia--Williamsburg--Social conditions--19th century.
• Architecture--Designs and plans.
• Mentally ill--Care.
• Sculptors-- Virginia.

Corporate Names:

• Eastern State Hospital (Va.)

Geographical Names:

• Williamsburg (Va.)--History-- Civil War, 1861-1865.