Dugas family papers, 1800-1827
Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Dugas family
- Date:
- 1800-1827
- Extent:
- 1 Linear Feet
- Language:
- French
- Preferred citation:
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Dugas family papers, ms2521, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection consists of handwritten letters and documents relating to the Dugas family, all in French. These papers describe the history of their emigration from Santo Domingo to the United States around 1800, and their lives in Augusta, Georgia and Maryland. Louis Alexander Dugas (LLB, University of Georgia) founded the Medical College of Georgia in 1832.
- Biographical / historical:
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French refugees from Santo Domingo, the Dugas family were early immigrants to Washington, Georgia in the 1790s. Mrs. Louis Dugas ran the Boarding School for Select Young Ladies there until 1810. Also from this family is Louis Alexander Dugas (1806-1898), one of the founders of the Medical College of Georgia.
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Physicians -- Georgia -- Correspondence.
Immigrants -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Immigrants -- Economic conditions -- 19th century.
Immigrants -- Maryland.
Immigrants -- Georgia -- Augusta.
Correspondence
Family papers. - Names:
- University of Georgia -- Alumni and alumnae
Medical College of Georgia -- History--19th century--Sources
Dugas family
Dugas family -- Correspondence
Dugas, Louis Alexander, 1806-1898
Dugas, Louis Alexander, 1806-1898 -- Correspondence
Access and use restrictions
- Preferred citation:
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Dugas family papers, ms2521, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.