Box 01
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Waterhouse, Benjamin, 1754-1846, A.L.s. (copy) to Thomas Jefferson; Boston, 1 side (4 pages), 1813 May 1, 1813 May 1 Digital
FOUND IN:
Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
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Collection:
Benjamin Waterhouse papers
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Series:
Series I. Benjamin Waterhouse, 1778-1942.
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Sub-Series:
A. Correspondence, 1782-1837.
File — Box: 01, Folder: 23Identifier: H MS c16
Scope and Contents:
Copy of correspondence to the former president in which Waterhouse expresses grief over the recent death of Benjamin Rush, and his hope to be able to leave Boston and enter the service of the government. Waterhouse writes that Federalist opposition has thwarted his medical practice in Boston, and he would be interested in succeeding Rush as treasurer of the United States Mint in Philadelphia, or serving in the newly created position of surgeon general. The correspondence is unsigned and...