Collection: Joseph Decatur Bryant letters to Colonel Daniel Scott Lamont

Scope and Contents

Five letters to Daniel Scott Lamont, 1893 June 26-1893 June 29, concerning Joseph D. Bryant’s preparations for President Grover Cleveland’s jawbone tumor operation on 1 July 1893. Typed transcriptions by donor with emendations by W. B. McDaniel II included.

Type of reproduction--Positive photocopies.

Dates

1893

Creator

Bryant, Joseph D. (Joseph Decatur) (Person)

Biographical / Historical

Joseph Decatur Bryant, New York, N.Y., surgeon and teacher, was born on 12 Mar. 1845. He married Annette Amelia Crum in 1874; they had one daughter. Bryant died of diabetes on 7 Apr. 1914. Bryant received an M.D. from Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1868, interned at Bellevue, 1869-1871, and was a member of its faculty until 1897. Bryant was also medical health commissioner of New York City, 1887-1893, and president of the American Medical Association. He was a friend and family physician of Grover Cleveland.

Extent

1 folder

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Location of Originals Note

Indicator 1 Holder of originals: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division. James Madison Memorial Building, First Street and Independence Avenue, S.E., Washington, DC 20540.