Box 01
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Jefferson, Thomas, pres. U.S., 1743-1826, 15 A.L.s. to Benjamin Waterhouse; folder 2, 1813 March 13-1822 August 15, 1813 March 13-1822 August 15 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: 25Identifier: H MS c16
Scope and Contents:
Correspondence regarding literature and books sent to him by Waterhouse, including Robinson Crusoe, and politics. Jefferson alludes to Waterhouse's "persecution" by Federalists opposed to his practice of vaccination. Jefferson also discusses the origins of the American Revolution in relation to a quote attributed to him in a biography of Patrick Henry. He further writes of his own state of health at age 75: "I am much debilitated in body, and my...