John Jeffries papers, 1768-1819.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

John Jeffries papers, 1768-1819.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612364982

Includes 20 volumes of diaries and journals, 1779-1819, beginning with Jeffries work as surgeon in British military hospitals in Nova Scotia and New York, service with British troops in a campaign during the American Revolution, and his subsequent practice in England. Diaries also contain Jeffries observations of balloon ascensions made in England in 1784 and 1785 with Jean Pierre Blanchard. Other material relating to the balloon ascensions include bills and receipts; equipment lists; writings; agreement; correspondence, 1784-1786, of contemporaries; and a pen and sepia wash drawing. Medical papers include Jeffries' medical and surgical notebooks and essays, 1768-1775; orderly books, 1776-1778, from his service as a surgeon; and diplomas and medical commissions.

4 boxes, 3 portfolio volume (3.5 linear ft.)

Houghton Library

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7795197

Houghton Library

Related Entities

There are 2 Entities related to this resource.

Blanchard, Jean-Pierre, 1753-1809

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68w409t (person)

Jeffries, John, 1745-1819

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6b864sx (person)

Jeffries was a Boston physician, surgeon, scientist, and the first man (with Jean-Pierre Blanchard) to fly a balloon across the English Channel between England and France. From the description of John Jeffries papers, 1768-1819. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612364982 From the guide to the John Jeffries papers, 1768-1819., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Physician and meteorologist of Boston. From the descripti...