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1. Letter from John Ball Sr. to his Son John Ball Jr., October 21, 1801

Letter from John Ball Sr. to his Son John Ball Jr., October 21, 1801
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1801-10-21
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A letter from John Ball in Newport, Rhode Island to his son John Ball Jr. at Harvard College in Massachusetts discussing the poor health of Jane Ball, Doctor Warrens lecture on anatomy, the opinion that planters need "to acquire some knowledge of physics or the principles of humanity to afford some assistance to his negroes."

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