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Preferred Citation

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Weston State Hospital Letter Book, A&M 4322, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Scope and Contents

Letters and letter copy book belonging to the superintendents of the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum. The letters copied into the book were written by Dr. R. Hills, the superintendent of the asylum when it first opened to patients in 1864. These letters relate to the conditions of various patients in the asylum. There are also loose letters interleaved in the pages of the book written by or adressed to later superindents, including William A. Pratt and William Bland. These later letters mostly relate to purchases of food and other supplies for the hospital.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Hills, R., Dr.
• Weston State Hospital