Leroy Austin Ladd '08: Obit Pro Patria, An Extract from the 1919 Necrology

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Leroy Austin Ladd '08: Obit Pro Patria, An Extract from the 1919 Necrology

Subject

Trinity College and the Influenza Pandemic of 1918

Description

Leroy Austin Ladd ’08 of Hartford, late of Phoenix, Arizona, was elected “Chairman of the Commission of State Institutions,” though “immediately after the election…was stricken with Spanish influenza, which developed into pneumonia. After an illness of less than a week, he died November 16, 1918.”

Creator

Trinity College

Source

Trinity College Digital Repository

Publisher

Watkinson Library and Trinity College Archives, Trinity College (Hartford, CT)

Date

1919

Contributor

N/A

Rights

Digital reproductions and permission to publish Watkinson materials may be requested by contacting Watkinson staff. With permission of the staff, readers may use their own cameras in the library. Users of materials from the Watkinson Library or the College Archives must accept full legal responsibility for observing the laws of copyright, as well as the laws of libel and invasion of privacy and property rights.

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Language

English

Type

Text, Obituary, College Publication

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Coverage

Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut

Citation

Trinity College , “Leroy Austin Ladd '08: Obit Pro Patria, An Extract from the 1919 Necrology,” Watkinson Library - Virtual Museum, accessed March 29, 2024, https://watkinsonlibrary.omeka.net/items/show/12.

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