Letter to Joseph Story [manuscript], 1835, June 14.

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Letter to Joseph Story [manuscript], 1835, June 14.

Peters reports on the health of Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall who had come to Philadelphia for medical advice from Philip S. Physick and Nathaniel Chapman. He writes that Marshall's case is "hopeless" with a tumor in his stomach "as large as his head," and urges Story to come and see him as soon as possible.

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Story, Joseph, 1779-1845

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Jurist, politician, and professor of law Joseph Story (1779-1845) was born in Marblehead, Massachusetts on September 18, 1779. He received an AB from Harvard in 1798, an AM in 1801, and an LLD in 1821; he also received law degrees from Brown University and Dartmouth College. In 1802, Story married Mary Lynde Oliver. After Mary's death in 1805, Story married Sarah Waldo Wetmore in 1808. Story practiced law in Salem, Mass. and served as a representative in the state legislature before b...

Physick, Philip Syng, 1768-1837

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Marshall, John, 1755-1835

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Peters, Richard, 1780-1848

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Chapman, Nathaniel, 1780-1853

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Philadelphia physician. From the description of ALS : Philadelphia, to John Wakefield Francis, 1831 Oct. [no day]. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122489378 Nathaniel Chapman was born at Summer Hill, Fairfax County, Virginia in 1780. After serving aprenticeships with John Weems of Georgetown and Dick of Alexandria, Chapman began his formal studies under Benjamin Rush at the University of Pennsylvania in 1797. He graduated with honors in 1801. After a br...