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Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell’s Graduation: An Eye-Witness Account

Hobart and William Smith Colleges; letter attributed to Museum of the City of New York

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Blackwell’s diploma, seen from the gallery · Introduction opening paragraph; published letter headed January 29, 1849, from Dear Joe through Blackwell leaving with her brother

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