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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00431.12 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of letters from Francis Spinner regarding service with Treasury Dept, retirement [decimalized .01-.13] |
| Title | Francis Spinner to A.S. Solomons regarding his worsening health |
| Date | 14 August 1890 |
| Author | Spinner, Francis Elias (1802-1890) |
| Recipient | Solomons, A.s |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Writes about his worsening health, "I am growing gradually worse - am confronting an open grave and hope soon to slide into it and be at rest." Informs that he is nearly blind and cannot sign his name without help from another. Written by someone else and signed by Spinner in a very shaky hand. |
| Subjects | Death Health and Medical |
| People | Spinner, Francis Elias (1802-1890) Solomons, Adolphus S. (Adolphus Simeon) (1826-1910) |
| Place written | Pablo Beach, Florida |
| Theme | Health & Medicine |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Additional Information | Spinner was a United States Representative 1855-1860. He was later appointed by Abraham Lincoln to the post of Treasurer of the United States, 1861-1875. Solomons is possibly Adolphus Simeon Solomons, who founded the American National Red Cross with Clara Barton. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |