Creator:
unknown
Inclusive Dates:
1855- 1866
Abstract:
Letters concerning James (Jimmy) Thornton of Cincinnatus, New York, a pupil at the New York Asylum for Idiots in Syracuse, from Dr. Hervey Wilbur and other staff at the institution to the boy's mother, Mary Thornton (later Mary Wheat).
Type of Material:
Letters (correspondence)
Subject:
Syracuse (N.Y.)
New York State
Science and medicine
Children with disabilities -- Institutional care -- New York (State)