Hudson Family Papers, 1825-1865
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topic: Photograph n.d.
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topic: To parents and brother 1851, 1852, 1854
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subject: To Martha Turner Hudson (wife) 1855-59
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subject: Hudson, Fowler to parents 1851-58
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topic: Miscellaneous Hudson family correspondence 1843, 1869, n.d.
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topic: Correspondence to E.D. Hudson, Sr.
subject: Correspondence to E.D. Hudson, Sr.
topic: Bawditch, William 1855
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topic: Church, Jefferson 1855, 1858-64
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topic: Fowler, R.M 1856, 1869, 1870
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topic: Parker, Theodore n.d.
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topic: Phillips, Wendell n.d.
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topic: Seymore, Flora n.d
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topic: Wright, Henry C. 1853, 1855
subject: Wright, Henry C. 1853, 1855
topic: Kossuth, Lajos to Benjamin Palmer 1852
subject: Kossuth, Lajos to Benjamin Palmer 1852
topic: SERIES II. WRITINGS
subject: SERIES II. WRITINGS
topic: Hudson, E.D., Sr.
subject: Hudson, E.D., Sr.
topic: Temperance address and notes 1867
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topic: Journal: partial transcript (two copies) 1842-43
subject: Journal: partial transcript (two copies) 1842-43
topic: Original manuscript of journal, "Anti-Slavery Campaign" 1842-43
subject: Original manuscript of journal, "Anti-Slavery Campaign" 1842-43
topic: Transcripts of letters to and about E.D. Hudson 1825-41, 1848
subject: Transcripts of letters to and about E.D. Hudson 1825-41, 1848
topic: Hudson, E.D., Jr.: commencement essay manuscript July 1864
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provides access to: Parker, Theodore n.d.
provides access to: Phillips, Wendell n.d.
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provides access to: Kossuth, Lajos to Benjamin Palmer 1852
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provides access to: Temperance address and notes 1867
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provides access to: Transcripts of letters to and about E.D. Hudson 1825-41, 1848
provides access to: Hudson, E.D., Jr.: commencement essay manuscript July 1864

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scopecontent: Scope and Contents of the Collection The Hudson Family Papers relate primarily to physician, abolitionist, and social reformer Erasmus Darwin Hudson, Sr. His correspondence (1825-65) to and from family and friends includes commentary on anti-slavery and Civil War era events and personalities. Notable correspondents or individuals mentioned include abolitionist and women's rights advocate Abigail Kelley Foster, social reformers Parker Pillsbury and Wendell Phillips, and clergyman Theodore Parker. Other items of interest are E.D. Hudson Sr.'s address "Intemperance" (1828), a manuscript and typescript of his journal, "Anti-Slavery Campaign" (1842-43), and E.D. Hudson, Jr's 1864 address, "Conquest Through Self Conquest."
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body: Biographical Note Erasmus Darwin Hudson, Sr. was born December 15,1806 in Torringford (now part of Torrington), Connecticut, to Daniel and Rhoda Fowler Hudson. He studied medicine with Dr. Remus M. Fowler in New Marlboro, Massachusetts, and continued his studies at Berkshire Medical College (Pittsfield, Massachusetts), a branch of Williams College, where he received his M.D. in 1827. That same year Hudson married Martha Turner, daughter of Deacon Isaac and Martha Humphrey Turner of Marlboro, MA. They had two sons, Erasmus Darwin , Jr. (1843-87) and Daniel Wyatt. He had a private medical practice in Bloomfield, CT in 1828 to 1833 and worked as a physician and surgeon at the Connecticut State Emigrant Hospital. During that time, he became involved in temperance advocacy, philanthropic work and the Connecticut Anti-Slavery Society, later as the Society's lecturing agent (1838-39) and as the National Anti-Slavery Society's general agent (1839-50). . In 1850 Hudson became a general and orthopedic surgeon in Springfield, Massachusetts, then in New York City through 1880. During the Civil War Hudson served on the Commission from the Surgeon General of the United States Army for the treatment of wounded soldiers in need of amputation and resection at a number of military hospitals. During this time he invented an orthopedic apparatus for which he received awards. Erasmus Darwin Hudson died of pneumonia on December 31, 1880 in Riverside, Greenwich, Connecticut. [source: Inventory to Hudson Family Papers, compiled by Laurie B. Gaus, UMASS-Amherst Archives and Manuscripts October 1983]
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SERIES I. CORRESPONDENCE
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Kossuth, Lajos to Benjamin Palmer 1852
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Hudson, E.D., Sr.
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Hudson, E.D., Jr.: commencement essay manuscript July 1864
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Temperance address and notes 1867
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Journal: partial transcript (two copies) 1842-43
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Transcripts of letters to and about E.D. Hudson 1825-41, 1848
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