Memorial soliciting a state hospital for the protection and cure of the insane, submitted to the General Assembly of North Carolina

by Dorothea Lynde Dix

$1,800 · Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books

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Raleigh: Gales, 1848. 8vo. 48 pp. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. Contemporary wrappers. Wrappers inscribed “Tod R. Caldwell N.C. Hist. Soc.” and “Mrs. Robert C. Pearson Morganton N.C.” Light foxing, wrappers slightly frayed at the edges. Item #19739 Only edition of Dorthea Dix’s landmark proposal for an overhaul of the system of care for mentally ill North

• Binding: Wrappers

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