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Manuscript/Mixed Material Samuel Warren Abbott papers, circa 1861-1887

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Title

  • Samuel Warren Abbott papers, circa 1861-1887

Summary

  • Volume (150 pages) containing correspondence, reports, requisitions, and lists of sick and wounded soldiers (1862-1864) sent by Abbottt to fleet surgeons George Clymer and William Johnson during his service as assistant surgeon on the USS Catskill (ironclad monitor), South Blockading Squadron, U.S. Navy, along the coast of South Carolina and an inventory of medical supplies received aboard the USS Niagara (steam frigate) in New York harbor. Postwar letters concern medical practice in Wakefield, Mass. Includes notes (1861-1887) on Massachusetts veterans examined for disability and subjects such as alcohol, drugs, lead poisoning, parasites, and vaccination. Other correspondents include John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren, Samuel Francis Du Pont, Charles D. Maxwell, George W. Rodgers II, Gideon Welles, and William Whelan.

Names

  • Abbott, Samuel Warren, 1837-1904

Headings

  • -  Clymer, George,--1804-1881
  • -  Clymer, George,--1804-1881--Correspondence
  • -  Dahlgren, John Adolphus Bernard,--1809-1870--Correspondence
  • -  Du Pont, Samuel Francis,--1803-1865--Correspondence
  • -  Johnson, William--(Naval surgeon),--active 1863
  • -  Johnson, William--(Naval surgeon),--active 1863--Correspondence
  • -  Maxwell, Charles D.--Correspondence
  • -  Rodgers, George W.--(George Washington),--II,--1822-1863--Correspondence
  • -  Welles, Gideon,--1802-1878--Correspondence
  • -  Whelan, William,--1808-1865--Correspondence
  • -  United States.--Navy--Supplies and stores
  • -  United States.--Navy.--South Atlantic Blockading Squadron (1861-1865)
  • -  Catskill (Ironclad monitor)
  • -  Niagara (Steam frigate)
  • -  Alcoholism
  • -  Disabled veterans--Massachusetts
  • -  Drugs
  • -  Lead poisoning
  • -  Medicine--Practice--Massachusetts--Wakefield
  • -  Parasites
  • -  Vaccination
  • -  New York (N.Y.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
  • -  South Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
  • -  United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Veterans

Notes

  • -  Purchase, 1916.
  • -  Physician.
  • -  Collection material in English.
  • -  Forms part of: Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection.

Medium

  • 1 item.

Repository

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • mm75000635

Access Advisory

  • Open to research.

Online Format

  • pdf
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Abbott, Samuel Warren. Samuel Warren Abbott Papers, Circa 1861 to 1887. 1861. Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/mm75000635/.

APA citation style:

Abbott, S. W. (1861) Samuel Warren Abbott Papers, Circa 1861 to 1887. [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/mm75000635/.

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Abbott, Samuel Warren. Samuel Warren Abbott Papers, Circa 1861 to 1887. 1861. Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/mm75000635/>.