Title: Alfred William Douglass Letter

Date/Date Range :   1849 March 19

Extent: 0.1 linear feet

Abstract:

In a March 19, 1849 letter to his cousin D.C. "Clint" Douglass in Lebanon, TN, Alfred William Douglass writes of the increase in students enrolled at his school, his desire that Clint remain another year in law school, and his dislike of life in the city. He also notes that "there is no alarm here about cholera, though there are some deaths nearly every day."

Call number: MS-2415

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Aquisition Information:

This collection was purchased by Special Collections in June 2002.

Access Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Copyright:

The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of Item], Alfred William Douglass Letter, MS-2415. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Collection consists of a single folder.

Alfred William Douglass of Gallatin, TN, was a minister and educator in Nashville. An 1842 graduate of the University of Nashville, Douglass was a tutor at that institution from 1843-1845. He served as president of the Male Academy from 1845 until his death from cholera on August 23, 1849.

In a March 19, 1849 letter to his cousin D.C. "Clint" Douglass in Lebanon, TN, Alfred William Douglass writes of the increase in students enrolled at his school, his desire that Clint remain another year in law school, and his dislike of life in the city. He also notes that "there is no alarm here about cholera, though there are some deaths nearly every day."

• Private schools -- Tennessee.
• Cholera.
• Nashville (Tenn.) -- History.