Papers II, 1756-1857.

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Papers II, 1756-1857.

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Papers of John C. Warren and of his father John Warren, both Boston surgeons. The majority of their papers are personal and relate to lands and property. These include deeds, mostly with John, to lands in Boston, Roxbury, Virginia, and elsewhere and other documents regarding legal disputes over land in Newport, R.I. among Abigail C. Warren, her brother John A. Collins, and William C. Gardner. John Warren's papers also contain some materials related to his career as a surgeon and professor of surgery and anatomy, including notes on various ailments, letters requesting and offering advice and regarding the payment of his bills, a medical lecture (1795), and a few items concerning the inoculation and a hospital for smallpox. Also included are extensive estate papers for both John and Abigail C. Warren. Correspondents include John's other sons, Henry, Edward, and Joseph Warren, Charles G. Loring, and Christopher E. Robbins.

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Loring, Charles G. (Charles Greely), 1794-1867

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Loring was a prominent Boston lawyer and a Massachusetts State Senator in 1862. He married Anna Pierce Brace (d.1836) in 1818 and was a Harvard College fellow from 1838-1857. From the guide to the Papers, 1768-1866., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) ...

Warren, Henry, 1795-1869

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Warren, Abigail Collins, 1760-1832.

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Warren, John, 1753-1815

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Warren (Harvard, Hon. M.D. 1786) attended Harvard College (A.B. 1771) and studied medicine with his brother Joseph and with Edward Augustus Holyoke in Salem, Mass. He then served as medical surgeon during the Revolutionary War. He was appointed professor of anatomy and surgery from 1782 to 1791 and Hersey Professor of Anatomy and Surgery from 1791 to 1815 at Harvard Medical School and through his career was associated with the school and with Massachusetts General Hospital. Warren had a large pr...

Collins, John, tavernkeeper

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Tavernkeeper, of Warrington Township, York County, Pa. From the description of Petition, 1760. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70970488 ...

Warren, Edward, 1804-1878

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Gardner, William C.

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Warren, John Collins, 1778-1856

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John Collins Warren, surgeon and naturalist, was born in Boston in 1778, the son of Harvard physician John Warren and Abigail (Collins) Warren. He graduated from Harvard College in 1797 and began the study of medicine with his father. From 1799 to 1802 he studied medicine in Paris and London. When he returned, he went into practice with his father. In 1809, Warren became adjunct professor in anatomy and surgery at Harvard Medical School and in 1815 succeeded his father as professor, a position h...

Warren family.

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Warren, Joseph, 1936-

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Epithet: Composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000816.0x00026f Epithet: of Add MS 39864 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000816.0x000273 Epithet: Musician British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000816.0x000271 Epithet: of Add MS 29996 ...

Collins family.

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Robbins, Christopher S.

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