The lady and the president : the letters of Dorothea Dix & Millard Fillmore

Summary: When the private papers of Millard Fillmore, thought to have been destroyed in 1889, were discovered they proved to include a large number of letters to Fillmore from Dorothea Dix, the renowned crusader for the humane treatment of the insane. Almost simultaneously, the letters of Fillmore to Dix, which had lain forgotten in a private collection since 1887, became available. Thus overnight a correspondence of more than a hundred and fifty letters, spanning nearly twenty years, opened new perspectives upon two prominent Americans whose friendship was known to few during their lifetimes and had lo.

Record details

ISBN: 9780813154749
ISBN: 081315474X
ISBN: 9780813164571
ISBN: 0813164575
Physical Description: 1 online resource (409 pages)
remote
Computer data.
Publisher: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, �1975.

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatMonthString:september.21 Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	1. Beginnings -- 2. Millard Fillmore -- Early Years -- 3. Dorothea Dix -- Early Years -- 4. Getting Together, 1850-1853 -- 5. Tragedies and Adjustments, 1853-1854 -- 6. Rendezvous in Europe, 1854-1856 -- 7. Rejection and Acceptance, 1856-1858 -- 8. Growing Apart, 1858-1869 -- 9. Later Years.
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Text (HTML), electronic book.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: Internet.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription.
Issuing Body Note:	Made available online by JSTOR.
Source of Description Note:	Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed February 2, 2015).