Poems, 1805-1818.

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Poems, 1805-1818.

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Album of manuscript poems by John Syng Dorsey with many pages left blank. Most poems are in the hand of Dorsey, but a few may have been copied in another hand. Marginal pencil notes made by Dorsey's son, Robert R. Dorsey. Volume signed and owned by Bessie Gardner duPont.

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University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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Dorsey, Robert Earl

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Dorsey, John Syng, 1783-1818

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John Syng Dorsey, surgeon, was born in Philadelphia on 23 Dec. 1783. He married Maria Ralston of Philadelphia on 30 Apr. 1807; they had one son and two daughters. Dorsey died of typhus on 12 Nov. 1818. As a child Dorsey received a classical education in Friends schools and studied medicine under his uncle, Dr. Philip Syng Physick. He received his M.D. from the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1802. He then traveled to Europe to study medicine in London and Paris for two ye...