Papers, 1733-1908.

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Papers, 1733-1908.

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Correspondence, medical notes and certificates, deeds, mortgages, legal documents, and maps. Also, a case study of epilepsy (1908) by Dr. Marietta H.C. Woodruff, describing the treatment of violent seizures with verbena; a printed pamphlet discussing Dr. Lawrence Van Derveer's treatment of hydrophobia (rabies); pharmaceutical bills from Townsend and Speakman, Philadelphia apothecaries (1783); and formula notes for fever powder, cough lozenges, bilious pills and "domestic preparation of rhubarb." Bulk of collection concerns "Vanderstade," the contested estate of Dr. Henry Van Derveer (d. 1868), a nephew of Dr. Lawrence Van Derveer, and includes wills, petitions, arguments, appeals and decisions. Also, Lawrence Van Derveer's will (1804) describing future roles for his slaves. Also of note: a letter (1854) about travels through the "Kansas Territory," Native Americans, the prairie lands, timber and limestone. Included are letters of Henry Bedinger, Henry Brokaw, Isaac Davis, John and Theodore Frelinghuysen, John F. Hageman, Richard Mercer, Dr. William Perrine, Dr. R.L. Smith, Peter Stryker, and Peter Vroom.

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New Jersey Historical Society Library

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New Jersey Historical Society Library

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Stryker, Peter I., 1766-1859

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Vroom, Peter D. (Peter Dumont), 1745-1831

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Freylinghuysen family.

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Townsend and Speakman (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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Van Derveer family.

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Lawrence Van Derveer (1740-1815), a revolutionary era physician, and his son, Dr. Henry Van Derveer (1792?-1874), both of Somerset County, N.J. (Bedminster Township and Somerville). Dr. Lawrence Van Derveer, a founder of the Medical Society of New Jersey in 1766 and its president in 1784, was best known for his studies of the plant scutellaria lateriflora as a cure for hydrophobia (rabies). His son, Dr. Henry Van Derveer, also president of the Society in 1836, is credited with prescribing smalle...

Van Derveer, Lawrence

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Van Derveer, Henry

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Physician; born in Hyde Park, New York, August 22, 1827; graduated from Rutgers College, 1847; studied medicine under his uncle H[enry?] H.; graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City, 1851; licensed by the Medical Society of New Jersey, 1852; moved to Somerville, Somerset County, New Jersey, after practicing for one year in "Raysville," Somerset County; served as assistant surgeon (later surgeon) in the 5th Infantry Regiment, New Jersey Volunteers, 1862-1864; resumed...

Woodruff, Marietta H. C., 1837-1912, physician.

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Van Derveer, Henry, d. 1868

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