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Story August 5, 1833

Phenix Gazette

Alexandria, Virginia

What is this article about?

Young Frothingham mysteriously vanished from Oneida Institute in April due to mental confusion from intense study, wandered to Montreal, and ended up on a ship to Liverpool without recollection of the journey. Letters from him dated May 27 confirm he is alive.

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Our readers will be gratified to learn, by the following extract from the Boston Daily Advertiser, that young Frothingham who disappeared so strangely from the Oneida Institute, in April last, has been heard from.

"Mr. Frothingham.—This gentleman, whose disappearance from the Oneida Institute a few months since was made the subject of much public comment, as he was supposed to have perished, has recently been heard from. Letters from him, dated Liverpool, May 27, are published in the Salem Gazette. He states that owing to the effect of close application, at the institution, he felt occasionally that his thoughts were wandering. About the 5th of April, this occurred more frequently than before, and he knows not how he spent much of the time between that date and the 8th; he observes that every thing is confused in his recollection. He remembers only that finding himself in a strange place he inquired where he was, and was answered in Montreal. He remembered nothing farther until he found himself, in May on board a vessel bound from Quebec to Liverpool. He appears to have wandered for a considerable time, and to have embarked for England without any consciousness of what occurred."

What sub-type of article is it?

Mystery Medical Curiosity Curiosity

What themes does it cover?

Madness Misfortune Recovery

What keywords are associated?

Disappearance Mental Confusion Wandering Oneida Institute Liverpool

What entities or persons were involved?

Frothingham

Where did it happen?

Oneida Institute, Montreal, Quebec To Liverpool

Story Details

Key Persons

Frothingham

Location

Oneida Institute, Montreal, Quebec To Liverpool

Event Date

April Last, May 27

Story Details

Young Frothingham disappeared from Oneida Institute due to mental wandering from overstudy; lost recollection from April 5 to 8, found himself in Montreal, then boarded vessel from Quebec to Liverpool without memory of events.

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