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Title
Letter from Dr. William Shippen, Continental Army Director of Hospitals, appointing David Townsend, MD, to command the Army Hospital at Fishkill, New York, in 1780
Subject
Physicians--United States--Revolution, 1775-1783
Hospitals--United States--Revolution, 1775-1783
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
Hospitals--United States--Revolution, 1775-1783
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
Description
Autographed letter signed William Shippen, dated October 29, 1780, and written from General Knox’s quarters. Dr. Shippen was the first systematic teacher of anatomy, surgery and obstetrics in Colonial America and founded the first maternity hospital in America.
Creator
Shippen, William, 1736?-1808
Publisher
Digitized by the rights holder
Date
October 29, 1780
Language
English
Type
Correspondence
Identifier
shippen_letter
Provenance
Doyle Auctions
Temporal Coverage
Eighteenth century
Spatial Coverage
Fishkill (N.Y.)
Rights Holder
Anonymous. Name available upon request.
Citation
Shippen, William, 1736?-1808, “Letter from Dr. William Shippen, Continental Army Director of Hospitals, appointing David Townsend, MD, to command the Army Hospital at Fishkill, New York, in 1780,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed April 25, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/8145.