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David Lewis autograph letters
David Ramsay letter to Jedidiah Morse
Letter, 14 Dec. 1813, concerns printing and distribution of Ramsay’s Memoirs of the life of Martha Laurens
Ramsay (1811) and projected first volume of his Universal history Americanized (1819). Typescript
transcript of letter by Samuel X Radbill, [ca. 1987], is included.
Published in Brunhouse, Robert L., "David Ramsay, 1749-1815:
Selections from His Writings,"
Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, N.S. vol. 55, pt. 4 (1965), pp. 177-178.
David Wright diary
David Y. Cooper collection of notes, articles, and graphs (unprocessed)
Deborah Wexler collection of immunization posters
Deed of Trust of the Trustees of the Nathan Lewis Hatfield Prize and Lectureship
Deed of trust, 1914 Jan. 3, between the Trustees of the Nathan Lewis Hatfield Prize and Lectureship of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia and executors of the Hatfield estate, amending the 1898 original document. The amendment allows the trust to be used to fund a lectureship rather than a prize for original research in medicine.
Deeds of Gift of the Office of the Treasurer
The collection contains notarized deeds of gift which were filed and preserved by the treasurer, 1924-1953, for items presented to the College of Physicians of Philadelphia for the Mutter Museum or College Collections, Deeds for items falling under the provisions of the Mutter Trust specify this condition. Occasional inforaation on provenance and some related letters are included.
Deeds of trust of the Trustees of the Building Fund
The collection contains the first deed of trust, 2 February 1850, between the College of Physicians of Philadelphia and the Trustees of the Building Fund; the continuation of the deed of the trust, 9 February 1859; and a report, 1 February 1861, of the trustees concerning the purchase of a lot adjoining the College premises at 13th and Locust streets.
Department of Public Safety notice regarding diphtheria inoculations
This notice to doctors explains that the Bureau of Health is "prepared to make examinations of suspected cases of diphtheria" and urges physicians to bring inoculated culture tubes to the Laboratory as soon as possible for testing. The notice also provides directions for making inoculations. It is signed by order of the Board of Health, A. A. Hirst, Secretary and William H. Ford, M.D., President.
