James A. Garfield collection 1863-1882

Gallaudet, Edward Miner, 1837-1917

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Biographical Note T. H. Gallaudet 1787, Dec. 10 Born, Philadelphia, Pa. 1805 B.A., Yale University, New Haven, Conn. 1808 M.A., Yale University, New Haven, Conn. 1814...

Woodward, Joseph Janvier, 1833-1884

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Joseph J. Woodward (1833-1884) was a surgeon in U.S. Army Medical Department. He is considered a pioneer in the field of microscopic photography. Woodward was among the surgeons attending President James Garfield after he was shot by Charles Guiteau. From the guide to the Official medical bulletins relating to the health of U.S. President James Garfield, 1881, (History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine) Physician, head of the Army Medical Museum's Medical an...

Wells, David Ames, 1828-1898

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Economist, author, and public official. From the description of Papers of David Ames Wells, 1795-1898 (bulk 1860-1886) (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71067851 American economist. From the description of Papers of David Ames Wells [manuscript], 1851-1887. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647812256 Biographical Note 1828, June 17 Born, Sp...

Reyburn, Robert, 1833-1909

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Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881

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James Garfield, twentieth President of the United States, was born in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, in 1831. After embarking on an academic career, he joined the Ohio volunteer infantry regiment, and in 1863 was appointed Major General in the same regiment. He served as a member of the U. S. House of Representatives from 1863 to 1880, when he was elected President. His inauguration took place on March 4, 1881, but his term of office was unfortunately brought to an abrupt end with his assassination by C...

Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1838-1913

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U. S. Army surgeon and founder of the Army Medical Library. From the description of John Shaw Billings letters, 1891, Apr. 13 and May 13, New York City, to W.R. Benjamin. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 34992422 1860. Graduated from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, with A.B., M.A. From the description of General correspondence June 1862-Oct. 1901 [microform]. (Alma Public Library). WorldCat record id: 7883610 The Adjutant General of the Army had re...

Church, William Conant, 1836-1917

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Editor and journalist. From the description of William Conant Church papers, 1862-1924. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450560 William Conant Church (1836-1917) was co-editor with his brother, Francis P. Church, of The Galaxy, a literary monthly, and The Army and Navy Journal, a weekly newspaper devoted to the interests of the U.S. military. The Galaxy was absorbed in 1878 by Atlantic Monthly. From the description of William Conant Church papers, 1863-1909, bulk...

Bliss, Doctor Willard, 1825-1889

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Doctor Willard Bliss (b. August 18, 1825, Brutus, New York–d. February 21, 1889, Washington, D.C.) was an American physician. Bliss studied at Cleveland Medical College. During the Civil War, Bliss was a surgeon with the Third Michigan Infantry and later became superintendent at Washington D.C.'s Armory Square Hospital; he continued to practice in the city after the war had ended. Bliss was expelled from the District of Columbia Medical Society for his support of homeopathy and his opposition t...