Inventory of the William Johnson L'Engle, M.D., and Madeleine Saunders L'Engle, his wife Letters, 1843-1863

Collection Number 1486-z


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
L'Engle, William Johnson, 1832-1861.
Title
William Johnson L'Engle, M.D., and Madeleine Saunders L'Engle, his wife Letters, 1843-1863.
Call Number
1486-z
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
1 volume
Abstract
Transcriptions of letters of William Johnson L'Engle, M.D., and his wife, Madeleine Saunders L'Engle, mimeographed and bound together with biographical material and family letters regarding the history of the L'Engle, Johnson, and Saunders families. William Johnson L'Engle was a physician in Key West, Fla., who served in the United States Army in the Department of the Pacific, 1856-1861. He died suddenly in Birmingham, Ala., while awaiting his commission as a Confederate Army surgeon. The letters were written to his relatives in Georgia, South Carolina, and Florida, and describe family and neighborhood events, with some mention of his medical practice and his journeys to Oregon and Texas with the United States Army. Letters of his wife, Madeleine Saunders L'Engle, are to her relatives in Georgia and North Carolina, mostly concerning family matters.


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Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the William Johnson L'Engle, M.D., and Madeleine Saunders L'Engle, his wife letters, 1843-1863 #1486-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Family--Florida--Social life and customs.
Johnson family.
Key West (Fla.)--History--19th century.
L'Engel family.
L'Engle, Margaret Madeleine Saunders, b. 1830.
L'Engle, William Johnson, 1832-1861.
Physicians--Florida--History--19th century.
Saunders family.
United States. Army--Medical care--History--19th century.
United States. Army. Dept. of the Pacific.
West (U.S.)--History--1848-1860.
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Related Material

See also Edward McCrady L'Engle Papers (#425); Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Collection Overview

Transcriptions of letters of William Johnson L'Engle, M.D., and his wife, Madeleine Saunders L'Engle, mimeographed and bound together with biographical material and family letters regarding the history of the L'Engle, Johnson, and Saunders families. William Johnson L'Engle was a physician in Key West, Fla., who served in the United States Army in the Department of the Pacific, 1856-1861. He died suddenly in Birmingham, Ala., while awaiting his commission as a Confederate Army surgeon. The letters were written to his relatives in Georgia, South Carolina, and Florida, and describe family and neighborhood events, with some mention of his medical practice and his journeys to Oregon and Texas with the United States Army. Letters of his wife, Madeleine Saunders L'Engle, are to her relatives in Georgia and North Carolina, mostly concerning family matters.