Dr. Peter Green headstone, undated

Collection Name:

George W. Perry Scrapbooks

Title:

Dr. Peter Green headstone, undated

Creator:

Perry, George W., 1891-1971

Creator Role:

Collector

Accession / Call Number:

1974.045

Object ID:

1974.045.28.020

Type of Material:

graphic material

Physical Description:

1 photograph

Language:

English

Scope and Content:

Undated photographic print of Dr. Peter Green's headstone at Old North Cemetery in Concord, NH. The caption states, "He removed to Concord in 1772, where he was in extensive and successful practice more than half a century. After settling in Concord he married Ruth Ayer, of Haverhill, Mass., by whom he had thirteen children, five sons and eight daughters. Although on the stage of life when the habitual use of ardent spirit was the besetting sin, not only of the profession but of all classes of persons, he was strictly temperate. He exhibited through a long life a consistent Christian profession. He was indefatigable in his attention to his patients, the poor as well as the rich; always preferring, when possible, to administer with his own hand, his medicines, al though it might cost him nights of wakefulness and toil; never declining the most menial offices for the sick, when necessary. His practice was distinguished for the simplicity of his medicines. To this may attributed in part his great reputation as good doctor for children.' He was always kind to the poor in regard to his charges, exacting a fee when he had reason to think its payment would occasion the least embarassment. He was one of the original me,bers, if not one of the founders of the New Hampshire Medical Society. At the commencement of the Revolutionary war he was appointed surgeon of one of the regiments raised by the government of this State ; byt we do not learn how long he continued in service. Dr. Green lived and died in a house, since burnt down, which stood directly opposit[e] the City Hall, now number 190 North Main street, He retained his active habits in ol[d] age. Like most physicians of his period, he rode on horse-back; and when eighty yea[rs] of age, would place one foot in the stirrup and mount from the ground into the saddl[e] with the agility of a young man. He died March 31, 1828, in the 83d year of his age."

Subjects:

Cemeteries , Gravestones

Locations:

Concord, NH

People:

Perry, George W., 1891-1971 , Green, Peter, 1745-1828

Organizations:

Old North Cemetery (Concord, N.H.)

Terms of Use:

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Credit Line:

Gift of May Nutter.

Restrictions:

Available for research.

Level Description:

Item

Box Number:

6