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Elizabeth Blackwell to Howard Blackwell, August 19th
A short note from Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell to her brother Howard Blackwell. Dr. Blackwell is worried about their sister Dr. Emily Blackwell's health, and speculates about the nature of her relationship with her partner Dr. Elizabeth Cushier.
Emily Blackwell Portrait
"Head and shoulders portrait of Emily Blackwell at the time of her graduation from the first class of the Woman's Medical College of the New York Infirmary. Reproduction of a photograph from 1870. Inscription: Verso of mount: Aunt Emily, photographed in New York, in 1870, when she was 44 years old, at the time of the graduation of the first class from the Woman's Medical College of the New York Infirmary."
Elizabeth Cushier to Emily Blackwell, September 14th
Letter from Dr. Elizabeth Cushier to her partner, Dr. Emily Blackwell. Dr. Cushier discusses several patients she has seen, her struggles with home improvement work being done on their house, and expresses her excitement that her "own dear doctor" will soon be home.