Papers, 1757-1796.

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Martin, William, 1765-1796.

Contributor:

Chester School (Chester, Pa.).

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Physicians--Pennsylvania--18th century--Diaries.

Physicians.

Physicians--Pennsylvania--18th century--Correspondence.

Yellow fever--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--18th century--Personal narratives.

Yellow fever.

Delaware County (Pa.)--Biography.

Delaware County (Pa.).

Physical Description:

0.2 cu. ft.

Place of Publication:

1757-1796.

Biography/History:

M.B., U. of Pennsylvania Medical School,(1786); physician, Georgetown, Va. and Chester, Pa.; Justice of the Peace, Delaware Co., Pa.; died of yellow fever while providing treatment of the crew of a British ship.

Summary:

Bound volume of miscellaneous manuscripts: copies of court cases, personal correspondence and contemporary patriotic addresses; medical case notes and observations, including the yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia, 1793; literary fragments and poems; Rules and regulations of Chester School, 1796.

OCLC:

1350428733