Items relating to John Syng Dorsey, 1790-1853.

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Items relating to John Syng Dorsey, 1790-1853.

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Three items extracted from the papers of Pierre S. du Pont, probably received from Bessie Gardner du Pont, who was a descendant of Dorsey. Letter of D. Green to Dorsey, from Johnsonburg, Oct. 27, 1818; account of Edmund Physick with Leonard Dorsey (father of John Syng Dorsey), 1790-1793; copy of "A brief memoir of the life ... of John Syng Dorsey..." by J. J. Jameway, D.D., published at New Brunswick, N.J., 1853, with an attached obituary of Dorsey.

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Dorsey, John Syng, 1783-1818

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John Syng Dorsey, surgeon, was born in Philadelphia on 23 Dec. 1783. He married Maria Ralston of Philadelphia on 30 Apr. 1807; they had one son and two daughters. Dorsey died of typhus on 12 Nov. 1818. As a child Dorsey received a classical education in Friends schools and studied medicine under his uncle, Dr. Philip Syng Physick. He received his M.D. from the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1802. He then traveled to Europe to study medicine in London and Paris for two ye...

Physick, Edmund, 1725 or 6-1804.

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Janeway, J. J. (Jacob Jones), 1774-1858

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