Spalding, Dr. Lyman

Title:

Spalding, Dr. Lyman

Accession / Call Number:

M 1925-002-A Spaulding

Object ID:

M 1925-002-A Spaulding

Date:

1799-1821

Physical Description:

1/2 box 61 items

Scope and Content:

Physician and surgeon, Portsmouth and New York. Founder of the U.S. Pharmacopoeia, author of medical articles. Correspondence concerns small pox vaccination; employment as surgeon for troops stationed at Portsmouth; and as president and professor of anatomy and surgery at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Western District, New York University; removal to New York 1812, return to Portsmouth 1821; family letters. Letters from his daughter, Elizabeth Parkhurst Spalding, describe the social life of Portsmouth in 1821. Correspondents include Josiah Bartlett, Jr., John Curtis Chamberlain, Daniel Meserve Durell, and John C. Warren.

Subjects:

Spalding, Lyman, 1772-1820. , Medicine History. , Physicians New Hampshire. , Anti-Slavery.

Locations:

Portsmouth (N.H.) Social life and customs.
United States History 1812-1815, War of 1812.
Portsmouth (N.H.) History.

Level Description:

Item