Letter from M. Howard to L. S. Joynes, 1863 September 30

              Richmond Va September 30 1863

Dear Doctor

The man engaged as resurrectionist is dead;
another, whom there was some faint hope of engaging,
declines acting, and I am at my wits and for an
"anatomical purveyor." Under these circumstances rather
than discharge the duties of Demonstrator unsatisfactorily
both to myself and others, it would be better to resign,
and accordingly I tender herewith my resignation.

As my last resignation is merely held suspended
until you learnt whether or no the Faculty would agree
to the proposed arrangement in regard to the board of
the servant who was to attend in the dissecting room,
and as that knowledge is not yet attained, it may
not be thought critically necessary to manufacture
a resignation de novo but I suppose it can do no
harm.

Yrs sincerely
M[arion] Howard

[Addressed:]
To Dr L[evin] S[mith] Joynes
Dean of the Faculty
Richmond Va