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Custodial History

Emily Booth gave six letters by E. A. Pratt to Washington and Lee University. University President, Maurice Leach, added the one original letter that mentioned W&L to the collection and gave the other five letters to the Filson Historical Society in Louisville, Ky.

Preferred Citation

Preferred citation: [Identification of item], Edwin A. Pratt Correspondence, WLU Coll. 0479, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA

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Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Emily W. Booth, Emma Chenault's granddaughter, in 1982.

Biographical / Historical

Edwin A. Pratt graduated from Washington and Lee University in 1881.

Scope and Contents

This collection contains one original letter dated Oct 28, 1880 and a photocopy of a letter dated September 1, 1880. Both letters are from Edwin A. Pratt to Emma Earle Chenault, who was the first woman doctor to practice medicine independently in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Pratt wrote the original letter while he was a student at Washington and Lee University and it describes campus and town life.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Booth, Emily W.
• College Students -- Social life and customs
• Correspondence
• Virginia -- Lexington