Box 03
Container
Contains 3 Results:
"Letters Vol. 8" letter book, 1868
Item — Box: 03, Folder: 01
Scope and Content Note
From the Collection:
This collection contains letter books, lectures, and essays kept by Peregrine Wroth. Many of the letter books have the name of his wife, Margaret Nicols, on the inside cover. There are several books of his lectures while teaching chemistry at Washington College as well as a scholarly publication of Wroth’s on Bilious Fever. After the death of his daughter Eugenia he created several biographies of her for various family members. He wrote numerous "Extracts from 'Recollections' of 'My Life'"...
Dates:
1868
" Miscellaneous Letters Vol. 9" letter book, 1868-1870
Item — Box: 03, Folder: 02
Scope and content note
Cover says Vol. 9 but noted as Vol. 10 on flyleaf.
Dates:
1868-1870
Autobiography
File — Box: 03, Folder: 03
Scope and content note
Photocopy of Wroth’s handwritten autobiography that he wrote for William Jackson Wroth, M.D. his son from his second marriage to Margaret S. Nichols. There is also a biography of Wroth by Joseph M. Miller, M.D. He quotes extensively from the biography. The biography mentions Wroth’s time at Washington College.
Dates:
1823-1898