Letters of Susan M. Lawrence, 1877-1886 (inclusive).

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Letters of Susan M. Lawrence, 1877-1886 (inclusive).

Collection consists of letters, mostly to her friend Mary (Mollie) Clapp living in Montague, Massachusetts, detailing her work as a nurse, her social life, reading, attending the theater, and a dressing down she received from her superiors.

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Massachusetts general hospital

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Dr. James Jackson and Dr. John C. Warren initially sought funds for a hospital in Boston, Mass. which would also be made available to student s of the Harvard Medical School for clinical training. It was incorporated in 1811 as Massachusetts General Hospital, and in 1817 Jackson and Warren were appointed as acting physician and surgeon, respectively. The first patients were admitted in 1821. McLean Hospital was chartered in 1811 and opened in 1818 as the psychiatric facility of Massachusetts Gen...

Lawrence, Susan M.

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Susan M. Lawrence trained and worked as a nurse in Villanova and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and in Boston, at Massachusetts General Hospital. From the description of Letters of Susan M. Lawrence, 1877-1886 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 542095099 ...