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Title
Correspondence : Brigham - insanity defense
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Date
April 10, 1846
Physical Description
3 pages ; handwritten on lined paper ; signed ; each 25.2 x 20.2 cm.
Description
Letter to Doctor Amariah Brigham, Superintendent of the State Lunatic Asylum, Utica, asking him to come to Auburn and study the cases of Henry Wyatt and William Freeman whom Seward is defending on the grounds of insanity - the first such use in the United States.
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text
Language(s)
English
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