Letters to George C. Shattuck, 1862-1863.

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Letters to George C. Shattuck, 1862-1863.

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Letters written by Baltimore, Maryland mayor George W. Brown while held as a political prisoner at Fort Warren in Boston Harbor, 1862-63. Letters addressed to brother-in-law Dr. George C. Shattuck of Boston, Mass. describe living conditions at Fort Warren including the smell, deaths of inmates, and medical care; and express opinions on the war and slavery. Includes typed transcripts of letters.

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Brown, George William, 1812-1890

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Baltimore, Md. resident. From the description of Letter, 1874. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 38247202 ...

Shattuck, George C. (George Cheyne), 1813-1893

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Shattuck (Harvard, M.D. 1835) was professor of clinical medicine at Harvard Medical School from 1855 until 1874, served as dean of the Medical School, and succeeded Oliver Wendell Holmes as visiting physician to the Massachusetts General Hospital in 1849. After graduation from medical school, he went to Paris with his friends H. I. Bowditch, A. Stillé, and Metcalfe to study with Louis. In 1838 he and Stillé read papers which differentiated typhus from typhoid fever before the Paris Society for...