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Level	Item
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)	KWH/B/18/172
Title	Letter from Dr Guggenbuhl, Abendberg, [Switzerland], to unidentified correspondent
Extent	1 item
Date	1849
Description	Addressed to Dear friend ['Cher ami' - possibly George Lovejoy], he asks after Miss Mildforth [?Miss Mitford]; recalls the correspondent's interest in his work in establishing a new career for the most wretched class of suffering humanity; recommends articles for Miss Mildforth about the Abendberg 'retreat' and asks that the correspondent encourages her to write to promote his work 10 November 1849 [Johann Jakob Guggenbühl (1816-1863) Swiss doctor specialising in education for people with intellectual disabilities; in 1842 he established a training school for 'cretins' in Abendberg]
Language	French
Access Status	Open

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