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Abstract
Comprises a medical journal kept aboard the U.S.S. Mohican, and related materials.
Dates
- Creation: 1865-1872
Extent
0.21 Linear Feet (1 box)
Creator
- Gillespie, John E., 1842-1872 (Person)
Physical Location
Materials stored onsite.
Language of Materials
Collection materials primarily in English
Restrictions
Collection is not restricted. Contact the Reference Staff for information regarding access.
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Biographical Note
Though born in Maryland, John E. Gillespie, joined a Pennsylvania regiment to serve in the Civil War. After the war, he earned a medical degree at the University of Pennsylvania. He joined the Navy as an assistant surgeon in 1868. He was stationed at the Navy Yard in Mare Island, CA where he became surgeon on the U.S.S. Mohican. In August 1870, while in Panama, Gillespie contracted malaria. He died in Philadelphia.
Collection Summary
Comprises a medical journal kept aboard the U.S.S. Mohican, and related materials. Volume I of the journal is dated July 4, 1869-Jan. 17, 1870; v. II: Jan. 18-Sept. 8, 1870. Manuscript letters and documents pertain chiefly to Dr. Gillespie.
Abstract
Comprises a medical journal kept aboard the U.S.S. Mohican, and related materials.
Physical Location
Materials stored onsite.
Provenance
Unknown provenance.
General
- Processed by
- HMD staff; Jim Labosier
- Processing Completed
- 1980s; 2003
- Encoded by
- Jim Labosier
Creator
- Gillespie, John E., 1842-1872 (Person)
- Title
- Finding Aid to the John E. Gillespie Papers 1865-1872
- Status
- Unverified Partial Draft
- Author
- HMD staff; Jim Labosier
- Date
- 1980s; 2003
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English
- Edition statement
- 1.0
Collecting Area Details
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