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Request for a role as a surgeon's mate from Joseph Andrews to Henry Knox, 5 April 1792
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Request for a role as a surgeon's mate from Joseph Andrews to Henry Knox, 5 April 1792.
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[Place of production not identified : producer not identified, 1792]
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Preliminary research suggests Andrews was sent to the Northwest Territories as a Surgeon's mate, and kept a journal. The journal was famously published as A Surgeon's Mate at Fort Defiance: The Journal of Joseph Gardner Andrews for the Year 1795.
Collection: The Henry Knox Papers.
Electronic reproduction. Marlborough, Wiltshire : AM, 2014. Digitized from a copy held by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
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Summary
Marked copy. Asks for Knox's help based on his intimate connection with Andrews's father (not named). His father does not want to abuse his friendship with Knox so is reluctant to ask. Andrews would like an appointment as Surgeon's mate and hopes Knox will forgive his effrontery in asking. Explains that the field of medicine is very crowded at present. Includes an excerpt from a letter from Samuel Danforth dated December 1789 which recommends him and certifies his studies in medical school.
Variant and related titles
American history, 1493-1945. Module I.
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Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 18, 2024
Series
American history module 1
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Correspondence
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AM (Publisher), digitiser.
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, owner.
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