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Memorial of D.L. Dix, praying a grant of land for the relief and support of the indigent curable and incurable insane in the United States. June 27, 1848. Referred to a select committee, and ordered to be printed, and that 5,000 additional copies be printed for the use of the Senate.

United States. Congress. Senate, (issuing body.). Dix, Dorothea Lynde. (Added Author).

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  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (32 pages) : tables
  • Publisher: [Washington, D.C.] : [publisher not identified], 1848.

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FDLP item number not assigned.
Subject: Almshouses.
Epilepsy.
Federal aid to health facilities.
Land grants.
Medical care.
Mental illness.
Prisons.
Psychiatric hospitals.
Quality of life.
People with mental disabilities.
Mentally ill.
Genre: Legislative materials.