Box 01
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Waterhouse, Benjamin, 1754-1846, 3 A.L.s. to James Tilton; Cambridge, 1813-1815, 1813-1815 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: 37Identifier: H MS c16
Scope and Contents:
Correspondence to the United States Surgeon General written over the course of the War of 1812. Waterhouse reports on the state of the hospital at Pittsfield, Massachusetts, and relays the recommendation of General Thomas Cushing that Pittsfield be closed, and a temporary hospital be established in Charlestown, where Waterhouse was stationed as surgeon. He also responds to Tilton's inquiry about his plans after the war, relaying his history with Harvard and the Essex Junto, and advocates for...