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Box 1 and 2

 Container

Contains 1 Collection or Record:

Series 4: Letterbook (Letters 1-257 with index; disbound volume), 29 October 1889 - 21 April 1896

 File — Box: 1 and 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The papers of John H. Brinton, spanning 1853 to 1896, consist of a ledger, patient visiting lists, general business papers, and a letterbook. These papers span more than forty years of Brinton's medical career; especially well documented in the collection are Brinton's years as a Civil War surgeon and Superintendent and Director of General Hospitals in Nashville, Tennessee. Series 1 contains a ledger from Brinton's early practice. The ledger, spanning 1853 to 1859, contains...
Dates: 29 October 1889 - 21 April 1896