Waterhouse, Benjamin, 1754-1846. Letter book of Benjamin Waterhouse, 1790-1834 (inclusive). H MS b16.1, Countway Library of Medicine.

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Letter book containing fragments of correspondence and essays written by Benjamin Waterhouse (1754-1846) between 1790 and the mid 1830s. The correspondence was mainly addressed to United States Treasury Secretary Albert Gallatin concerning Waterhouse's position as superintendent of the United States Marine Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, in the early 1800s. There is also correspondence to the Massachusetts Medical Society, and to United States Secretary of State John Adams regarding the death penalty, and a transcribed essay on the court of judicature in Pennsylvania by Benjamin Franklin. Additionally, several contemporary news clippings on the Harvard professorship of Natural History are pasted in.

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How to explain they you me and myself are equally important. In the month of May on reviewing the [illegible] news of the death of my Lord J. L.W. I was sensed unable to attend very puntieularly to any they out of my home. I therefore required my Lord LDM to visit the funeral now that Charleston, [illegible] [illegible] or should be brought when houfe for that purpose. In July I was ordered to attend the Prat of the K. Slates in his town through they dept when I opended asked the favor of D.M. to do my duty till my return. On the 2nd of the nearest month I [illegible] and Cole [illegible] to must Cestine and the untrust ports and then hurdle after to D Mann requenty his friendly attention to my duties in my journey when he chefilly complied with.

When on the ground and visiting the little [illegible] [illegible]. I had more than once saud to D.M. that I would not trouble him then to call at that place especially on we had no luch with [illegible] men of an male unsure cafe Huse. Why have been that he wanted to make an exact of the munate of lied on that patient I watch it [illegible], and he woned he plad if momed in duty him in it. I did do - and coneiced I was [illegible] him. He lay conttaully tued me than he expected to be called to the duty every day and then he has repeated to my friend Guase Dean from I am there for purrled of D.M. if they can

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Colonial North America: Countway Library of MedicineWaterhouse, Benjamin, 1754-1846. Letter book of Benjamin Waterhouse, 1790-1834 (inclusive). H MS b16.1, Countway Library of Medicine. (seq. 57)

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on, with meat & drink sufficient enough to keep soul & body together. But I found I must work like Jeremiah in the scriptures, with the trowel in one hand, & the sword in another. I have no obection to your showing this letter to Genl Brown & come with high respect

Yours B.W

By the 2d of Novr, I shall send my report of visitation

Camb Nov 4th - 1817

Brigadier Genl Muller

Sir, I have just returned from visiting the posts at Newport harbour & New London, and as soon as I recover from the effects of riding all day, in a chaise,in a severe storm of rain, I shall proceed to make heed hastily to the posts in Burton habour.

I cannot but be grieved & hurt at seeing paragraphs in the newspapers, in form of question & responses (but universally [deleted]written[deleted] believed to be written by the same hand) tending to make an impression not altogether pleading to me & my friends, especially I perceive, to my sons. I enclose two of them and am with an much deserved guess it was B.W USA

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