Brinton, John H. (John Hill)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1832 - 1907
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
John Hill Brinton papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/269
Scope and Contents
The papers of John H. Brinton, spanning 1853 to 1896, consist
of a ledger, patient visiting lists, general business papers,
and a letterbook. These papers span more than forty years of
Brinton's medical career; especially well documented in the
collection are Brinton's years as a Civil War surgeon and Superintendent
and Director of General Hospitals in Nashville, Tennessee. Series 1 contains a ledger from Brinton's early practice. The
ledger, spanning 1853 to 1859, contains...
Dates:
1853 - 1896
Letterbooks of the Committee on the Mütter Museum
Collection
Identifier: CPP 10/007-03
Scope and Contents
Letterbooks of John H. Brinton as chairman of Committee on Mütter Museum of College of Physicians of Philadelphia with related material concerning museum and Mütter Trust and Lectureship, 1858-1939. Bulk composed of two numerically-arranged letterbooks, 1895-1904 and 1905-1907, containing letters received, drafts and copies of outgoing letters, and annual and financial reports. Correspondence concerns acquisition and preservation of pathological specimens, surgical instruments, and portraits;...
Dates:
1858 - 1939; Majority of material found within 1895 - 1907
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