Letter from Joseph H. Knox to L. S. Joynes, 1864 September 14
| Title: | Letter from Joseph H. Knox to L. S. Joynes, 1864 September 14. |
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| Name(s): |
Knox, Joseph H., author Joynes, L. S. (Levin Smith), addressee Virginia Commonwealth University. Health Sciences Library. Special Collections & Archives, contributor VCU Libraries, publisher |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
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Text Archives |
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| Date Created: | 1864-09-14 | |
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letters (correspondence) letter |
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| Extent: | 2 p. | |
| Digitization Process: | Scanned with Epson Expression 10000 XL, at 24-RBG color, 600 dpi. | |
| Abstract/Description: | Letter from Joseph H. Knox to L. S. Joynes asking for assistance in obtaining a transfer to Richmond. | |
| Identifier(s): |
Accession Number: 82/Jan/1 (accession number) CONTENTdm ID: san/id/500 (CONTENTdm ID) |
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| Note(s): |
Transcription: Loring Divison Field Infirmary Lovejoy G[eorgi]a, Sept[ember] 14 1964 Sir: Hospital Steward Hall has just shown me a letter from you in reply to one he had written in relation to attending the Medical College at Richmond this winter wherein he had mentioned my name. I am under many obligations to you for the kind manner in which you proffer your assistance & influence with the Surgeon General on our behalf provided we make our "proper applications";__ about the 16th of July 1864 I made formal application to the Surgeon General for the appointment of Hospital Stweard, so that I might-thereby be transfered to duty at Rich- mond with a view of attending College to which I have never heard. I have awaited anxiously for some reply and now conclude that it is useless to wait longer, as they must have been lost or misplaced. Therefore I the more readily take advantage of your kind offer. You will find herein enclosed a copy of the aplication I sent the Surg[eo]n General. Though I have never recieved any appointment from the Sec[re]t[ar]y of War, yet I have been doing the duty of of Hospital Stweard, since the 11th Oct[ober]. 1862 at which time I was enrolled as such my Maj[or] M.F. Berry, Commanding Conscripts for Miss[issippi]. I have attended one course of Lectures at the University of Nashville in the winter of 1860 - [18]'61, and am excedingly anxious to finish my studies, as it is now all I will have to depend upon in after life. Hoping by your influence as I may get to attend your respectable College this winter, I am most respectfully etc. Joseph H. Knox [Addressed:] L.S. Joynes, M.D. Dean Medical Faculty Richmond, Va L[evin]S[smith Joynes M.D. Dean Med[ical] Faculty Richmond. Va |
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| Subject(s): |
City/Location: Richmond (Va.) State/Province: Virginia Time Period: Civil War, 1861-1865 Richmond (Va.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Archives Medical colleges -- Virginia -- Richmond -- History -- Archives Medical College of Virginia -- history Schools, Medical -- history -- Virginia Medical College of Virginia -- History -- 19th century |
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| LC Classification: | R747.M42 | |
| Held by: | Civil War Hospital Stewards | |
| Rights Statement URL: | https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ | |
| Rights Statement: | No Copyright-United States | |
| Rights: | This material is in the public domain in the United States and thus is free of any copyright restriction. Acknowledgement of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is requested. | |
| Is Part Of: | Also Included In: Civil War in the American South. Identifier: http://www.american-south.org | |
| Is Part Of: | Collection: Sanger Historical Files, Virginia Commonwealth University. Health Sciences Library. Special Collections & Archives, Richmond, Va. | |
| Original Title: | Source: Original letter: Letter from Joseph H. Knox to L. S. Joynes, 1864 September 14; War, Civil Hospital Stewards; Sanger Historical Files, Accession Number # 82/Jan/1, Virginia Commonwealth University. Health Sciences Library. Special Collections & Archives, Richmond, Va. | |
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