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[Identification of item], in the John Y. Bassett Papers, #1527-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Gift 1948

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• Bassett family.
• Bassett, Isaphoene Thompson, d. 1871.
• Bassett, John Y., 1805-1851.
• Ethnology--Study and teaching--United States--History--19th century.
• Families--Alabama--Social life and customs.
• Huntsville (Ala.)--History.
• Mississippi--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
• Parker, Theodore, 1810-1860.
• Physicians--Alabama--History--19th century.
• Simms, William Gilmore, 1806-1870.
• Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Correspondence.
• Waco (Tex.)--History.

Letters relating to medical, financial, and family matters of Dr. John Young Bassett, physician of Huntsville, Ala., and family correspondence of his wife, Isaphoene (Thompson) Bassett. The correspondence includes letters from editors Theodore Parker and William Gilmore Simms, 1849-1850, criticizing Bassett's article on race ethnology. After her husband's death in 1852, there are letters to Mrs. Bassett from her children, including sons Watkins and Henry William (d. 1862). Watkins wrote from Waco, Tex., where he was living with his uncle. Henry joined the Confederate Army and wrote from camps in Mississippi until his death at Shiloh.