Abstract
Official correspondence from the Treasury Department addressed to Dr. Fessenden. Content is entirely administrative regarding personnel, hospital accounts, maintenance, and reports.
Dates
- 1865-1877
Extent
0.21 Linear Feet (1 box)
Creator
Physical Location
Materials stored onsite. History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine
Language of Materials
Collection materials primarily in English
Restrictions
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Biographical Note
Charles S. D. Fessenden, 1828-1896, was surgeon in charge at the U.S. Marine Hospital, Portland, Me. Born in Portland, he graduated from Bowdoin College and Brunswick Medical School. His brother was William Pitt Fessenden, 1806-1869, a senator from Maine and Secretary of the Treasury. Charles joined the Marine Hospital Service in 1861, eventually serving in Maine, New York, Louisiana, and Alabama.
Collection Summary
Official correspondence from the Treasury Department addressed to Dr. Fessenden. Content is entirely administrative regarding personnel, hospital accounts, maintenance, and reports. Many of the letters are signed by John M. Woodworth, supervising surgeon general of the Marine Hospital Service, and Secretaries of the Treasury Hugh McCulloch, George S. Boutwell, William A. Richardson, Benjamin H. Bristow, and Lot M. Morrill.
Abstract
Official correspondence from the Treasury Department addressed to Dr. Fessenden. Content is entirely administrative regarding personnel, hospital accounts, maintenance, and reports.
Physical Location
Materials stored onsite. History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine
Provenance
Unknown.
General
- Processed by
- HMD Staff
- Processing Completed
- 2002
- Encoded by
- Jim Labosier
Creator
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Marine Hospital Service (Portland, ME) correspondence 1865-1877
- Status
- Unverified Partial Draft
- Author
- HMD Staff
- Date
- 2002
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latn
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English
- Edition statement
- 1.0
Collecting Area Details
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