James McKibbin Gage papers, 1835-1876, Mobile, Alabama : also Georgia and South Carolina

Author/Creator:: Gage, James McKibbin, 1813-1855
Publication/Creation:: Bethesda, MD : University Publications of America, ©1991
Format:: Book
Is Part Of:: Records of ante-bellum southern plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War. Series J, pt. 7, reel 8.

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Full Title:: James McKibbin Gage papers, 1835-1876, Mobile, Alabama : also Georgia and South Carolina
Series Titles:: Records of ante-bellum southern plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War. Series J, Selections from the Southern Historical Collection, Manuscript Department, Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Part 7, Alabama ; reel 8
Records of ante-bellum southern plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War. Selections from the Southern Historical Collection, Manuscript Department, Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. reel 8.

Additional Author/Creators:: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

Subjects:: Gage, James McKibbin,1813-1855--Correspondence
Gage, John,-1845--Correspondence
Gage, Robert I.--Correspondence
Patton, B. Frank--Correspondence
Nott, James E.--Correspondence
Physicians--South Carolina--Union--Correspondence
Horse breeders--South Carolina--Correspondence
Families--Southern States--History--19th century--Sources
Medicine--Practice--South Carolina--History--19th century--Sources
Cotton--Prices--History--19th century--Sources
Medicine--Study and teaching--South Carolina--History--19th century--Sources
Mobile (Ala.)--History--Sources
Alabama--History--19th century--Sources
South Carolina--History--19th century--Sources
Georgia--History--19th century--Sources
United States--Politics and government--19th century--Sources
South Carolina--Politics and government--19th century--Sources

Summary:: This collection consists almost entirely of personal and family correspondence of James McKibbin Gage, a physician and horse breeder, born 28 July 1813. He was the son of John Gage (d. 1845); he had a brother, Robert I. Gage, and two sisters, Nancy and Mary Jane Gage. Topics discussed include the study and practice of medicine, inflation of cotton prices, horse breeding and racing, sectional and national politics, and local and family life. The collection also contains a poem, a printed drawing, and a sermon by an unknown author. Correspondents include his brother, Robert, his father, his brother-in-law, B. Frank Patton, and his friend, James E. Nott. James studied medicine in Paris and in Charleston, S.C. He lived in Union, S.C., during the summer and settled there permanently to practice medicine. He died in 1855 and was buried in Union, S.C.
Language:: English
Physical Type/Description:: 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
General Note:: Title from reel guide.
Accompanied by a printed reel guide.