James Gates Percival Correspondence to Mary A. Davenport
| Author | : James Gates Percival |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : |
| Release | : 1820 |
| ISBN-10 | : OCLC:953634315 |
| ISBN-13 | : |
| Rating | : 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Book Synopsis James Gates Percival Correspondence to Mary A. Davenport by : James Gates Percival
Download or read book James Gates Percival Correspondence to Mary A. Davenport written by James Gates Percival and published by . This book was released on 1820 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Correspondence from New Haven, Connecticut, poet and geologist James Gates Percival (1795-1856) to Mary A. Davenport, of New York, New York, probably dated in 1820, explaining why he has not called on her while in New York. Percival writes about his lack of success as a writer and social failures, and that he is leaving the Northeast for Charleston, South Carolina. After graduating Yale College in 1820 with an M.D., Percival moved to Charleston for several years to practice medicine.