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Preferred Citation

Carey Wilkinson Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Kate Freeman Clark

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents: Papers, 1799-1802, which include certificate of attendance, 24 February 1802, for Carey Wilkinson, of Williamsburg, Va. at the training school of the Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa. and admission cards, 1799-1801, for lectures (some given by professors at the University of Pennsylvania) signed by Benjamin Rush on clinical medicine, James Woodhouse on chemistry, Philip Syng Physick on surgery, William P. Dewees on midwifery and John Ewing on natural philosophy.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Dewees, William, 1768-1841
• Ewing, John, 1802