MITCHELL MARGARET Typed Letter Signed Margaret Mitchell Mars

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MITCHELL, MARGARET. Typed Letter Signed, "Margaret Mitchell Marsh," to "Dear Doctor Mayos," expressing disappointment that he had recently been to Atlanta without visiting, reporting on the improved health and recent activities of [her husband] John, suggesting that he take up psychiatry in a town closer to Atlanta, and recalling visits to the West Coast of FL before the war. 2 pages, 4to, personal stationery, written on two sheets; paperclip stain at upper left, horizontal folds. With the original envelope. Atlanta, 4 February 1949

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". . . You may think seventy is old, but we do not, and we feel that a man of your age and knowledge has much of value to give and that it is a sheer waste if you are not giving it. . . . [I]f your health is good and you like our mild winters, why don't you pick some small North Florida or South Georgia town and go back to the practice of psychiatry. . . . (I notice in today's paper that . . . our Legislature is making a long needed investigation of our state asylum, where there are 9,000 inmates. There are eight doctors for the 9,000.) . . ."