Item No. 90: Family Correspondence -- PLATTENBURG, Ellen S. Autograph letter signed to Anna R. Meek, dated Canton 11 December 1854. 4pp. "Dear Sister Anna" "We all supposed he was taking ague but he said he felt differently. Platt administered a dose blue pills that night and the next night but still he grew worse on Saturday sent for a Dr. and would you believe he took it in his head to have a homeopathic who dosed him out his little sugar plums until Monday morning his fever gaining all the while. We then called in a regular physician and by that time I was on hand… "Much other family news and some comments on hog butchering in Canton., 11 December 1854

Item No. 90: Family Correspondence -- PLATTENBURG, Ellen S. Autograph letter signed to Anna R. Meek, dated Canton 11 December 1854. 4pp. "Dear Sister Anna" "We all supposed he was taking ague but he said he felt differently. Platt administered a dose blue pills that night and the next night but still he grew worse on Saturday sent for a Dr. and would you believe he took it in his head to have a homeopathic who dosed him out his little sugar plums until Monday morning his fever gaining all the while. We then called in a regular physician and by that time I was on hand… "Much other family news and some comments on hog butchering in Canton., 11 December 1854, Box: 1, Folder: 15. Philip Doddridge, Politician, Personal and Family Papers, A&M 3893. West Virginia and Regional History Center. https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/repositories/2/archival_objects/129624 Accessed November 14, 2024.