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Valentine Mott Papers
Valentine Mott Papers
Includes miscellaneous letters, travel correspondence, case histories, physician consultations/patient letters, miscellaneous legal documents and receipts/invoices, lecture notes, treatment notes, pharmaceutical preparation notes. Mott was a highly sought and regarded surgical instructor of his time in the United States. He started private practice in 1809, then became an instructor at the Medical College of Columbia. He was associated with the university until 1835.
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No restrictions on access.
- Dates
- Creation: 1807-1864
- Extent
- 0.42 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
- Related Names
- Mott, Valentine, 1785-1865
- Columbia University. College of Physicians and Surgeons
- Language of Materials
- English
- Language of Materials
- English
Calendar of letters
Note to Charles S. Ogden [missing], Mr. Brooke's rules for cutting on the superficial nerves, 1864, undated
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- Creation: 1864, undated
Miscellaneous, 1817-1871
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- Creation: 1817-1871
Miscellaneous, 1812-1864
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- Creation: 1812-1864
Letters from N. Romayne, Lewis Heerman, William Gibson, Jacob Ostrom, Elijah Ward, and J. Gilherst, 1807-1815
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- Creation: 1807-1815
Letters from John H. Parker, Richard Harlan, A. B. Ewing, S. P. White, James M. Gardiner, Elisha W. King, P. Ludlow, Jr., H. H. Childs, Frederic Gore King, John W. Francis, and D. S. Edwards, 1821-1829
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- Creation: 1821-1829
Letters from William Van Zandt, Granville S. Pattison, Ambrose Baker, V. M. Dana, Edward Cock, Charles A. Poulson, and Samuel Cooper, 1832-1839
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- Creation: 1832-1839
Letters from Thomas Dent Mutter, John E. Ross, Robert Liston, and seven students, 1842-1846
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- Creation: 1842-1846
Letters from James D. Trask, T. J. Seixas, and J. Warburton Bigbie, 1850-1857
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- Creation: 1850-1857
Letters from John McCall, Edmund Arnold, J. P. Huhhelder, and Reuben Diamond Mussey, 1861-1864
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- Creation: 1861-1864
Letters from D. M. Reese, R. B. Duncan, Hz. Dillard, A. G. Webster, John Coady, Nesator, and John W. Francis, undated
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- Creation: undated
Dr. Mott's travels in Europe - letters of introduction from Ferdinand de Lesseps, Robert Walsh, Daniel Brent, and E. Tuckereau de St. Denys, 1838
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- Creation: 1838
Personal travel correspondence, 1807; 1890
- Dates
- Creation: 1807; 1890
Receipts, invoices, legal documents, 1836-1863; undated
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- Creation: 1836-1863; undated
Case histories, patient/physician consultations and correspondence, 1827-1848; undated
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- Creation: 1827-1848; undated
Lecture notes, treatment notes, pharmaceutical preparation notes, 1802-1844
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- Creation: 1802-1844
Citation
Cite Item
Mott, Valentine. Valentine Mott Correspondence. 1807-1864. Located in: Modern Manuscripts Collection, History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD; MS C 281.
Cite Item Description
Mott, Valentine. Valentine Mott Correspondence. 1807-1864. Located in: Modern Manuscripts Collection, History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD; MS C 281. https://findingaids.nlm.nih.gov/repositories/4/resources/659 Accessed August 08, 2025.