Scrapbook on Mary A. Dixon Jones's lawsuit against the Brooklyn Daily Eagle
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Scrapbook consisting of reports from the Brooklyn Daily Eagle on the libel suit filed against the Eagle by Dr. Mary A. Dixon Jones, the chief physician of the Woman's Hospital. Jones was indicted for manslaughter in 1889 after the Eagle published a series of articles describing her various surgical operations. She was tried and acquitted, but the verdict in the case against the Eagle was in favor of the Eagle.
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Identification of item, date (if known); Scrapbook on Mary A. Dixon Jones's lawsuit against the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 1991.034, Box and Folder number; Brooklyn Historical Society.
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Source and date of acquisition unknown. Formally accessioned in 1991.
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