Box 01
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Oliver, Peter, 1713-1791, 8 A.L.s. to Benjamin Waterhouse; Birmingham, England, 1787 August 29-1790, 1787 August 29-1790 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: 35Identifier: H MS c16
Scope and Contents:
Correspondence from Oliver, A.B., Harvard University, the grandfather of Waterhouse's wife, on topics ranging from the literary endeavors of both men to his thoughts on nature, politics, and medicine. Oliver, a Loyalist who moved to England in 1777, comments on the state of the former colonies after the Revolutionary War, and on the Constitution. He also discusses an unnamed illness he developed and the treatment prescribed by his doctor after an emetic failed: "Madeira wine in quick...