Mr. Nathaniel L. Alden-1869

ALDEN

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Date: 7/21/2021 at 21:42:17

Dubuque Daily Times, Saturday, Oct 30, 1869, Dubuque, IA, Page: 4

UNFORTUNATE-The friends and acquaintances of Mr. N. L. Alden will learn with regret that he had to suffer amputation of his leg yesterday afternoon. For a little over a year Mr. Alden has been a cripple from his unfortunate leg. A most trifling accident is the occasion of his severe loss: One night in August of ’68, he arose from his bed, in the dark, and while searching for a light, truck his leg against a chair, just where he had broken it as a boy. It inflamed, began to discharge, and finally necrosis ensued