Z 0808.000
GODMAN (DR. HARRY ROBINSON) MANUSCRIPT



MDAH only has microfilm. (MF Roll # 36068)

Manuscript of Dr. Harry Robinson Godman, poet, artist, woodcarver, physician and farmer-nurseryman of Hinds County. Dr. Godman was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and moved to Hinds County prior to the Civil War. He died in 1878 of yellow fever, after successfully treating the case of his close friend, Governor Albert Gallatin Brown. Items of interest include:

  • two letters from Governor Brown
  • Dr. Godman's obituary, written by Governor Brown
  • copy of a letter signed "Angelica," describing a wedding in 1853, and written by Angelica Peale, daughter of Rembrandt Peale