Papers, 1827-1828.

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Papers, 1827-1828.

Correspondence of Robert E. Griffith (1789-1850), a Philadelphia physician and medical instructor at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, referring to Western lands and financial matters.

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Griffith, R. Eglesfeld (Robert Eglesfeld), 1798-1850

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Robert Eglesfeld Griffith, physician, botanist, educator, was born in Philadelphia on 13 Feb. 1798, the son of Robert Eglesfeld and Maria Thong Griffith. He graduated with an M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1820 and set up practice in Philadelphia, where he eventually served as physician to the Board of Health from 1833-1836. In 1831 he founded and edited the Journal of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy until 1836. He held academic positions at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy...