Papers, 1731-1860.

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Papers, 1731-1860.

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These papers contain the Yearly Meeting treasury book of Beulah Coates, 1731-41; broadside addressed to the president and council of Pennsylvania by prominent Quakers protesting against religious and political persecution, and reply to accusations of Quaker opposition to the cause of the American Revolution, 1776; Quaker broadside issued by John Pemberton, 1776; pamphlet, Address to the Inhabitants of the British Colonies in America, 1776; Nancy Gregory, indenture to Benjamin Hornor, 1803; letter of Frederick Douglass, Negro orator and author, to Benjamin Coates, in behalf of abolition of slavery, and against colonization of Liberia, 1856; facsimile of a testimonial by members of the medical profession in Philadelphia, addressed to Dr. T. G. Morton, reputed discoverer of ether as an anesthetic, 1860.

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Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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Hornor, Benjamin, 1769-1810

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Coates, Beulah, 1659-1741

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Morton, Thomas G. (Thomas George), 1835-1903

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Dr. Morton was attending surgeon of the Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia from 1859 to 1874 and a fellow of the College of Physicians. During the Civil War he was Acting Assistant Surgeon in Philadelphia general hospitals. With Frank Woodbury, Morton authored The history of the Pennsylvania Hospital (1895). From the description of Thomas George Morton papers, 1888-1903. (National Library of Medicine). WorldCat record id: 14313308 From the guide to the Thomas George Morton P...

Pemberton, John E

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Coates, Benjamin Hornor, 1797-1881

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Philadelphia physician. From the description of Papers, 1822-1859. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122623222 Benjamin H. Coates was a Philadelphia physician. From the description of Ledger, 1824-1830. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122689786 Benjamin Horner Coates was a Philadelphia physician. He was attendant physician and clinical lecturer at Pennsylvania Hospital (1828-1841). From the description of Comments on so...

Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895

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Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey was born into slavery on the Eastern Shore of Maryland in 1818. He barely knew his mother, who lived on a different plantation and died when he was a young child and never discovered the identity of his father. When he turned eight years old, his slaveowner hired him out to work as a body servant in Baltimore. At an early age, Frederick realized there was a connection between literacy and freedom. Not allowed to attend school, he taught himself to read and wr...

Gregory, Nancy Fisher

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Coates, William Morrison, 1845-1937

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