Request for Assistance in Providing Doctors for Sick Men
Item
Type
Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Title
Request for Assistance in Providing Doctors for Sick Men
Description
Sick sailors left at Newport, RI and Norfolk, VA. Stoddert noted that in the future sailors will be left at New York, Boston, and Philadelphia. Doctors employed at considerable expense to tend to the sick, Stoddert requested arrangements be made for treatment by surgeons stationed at noted locations for future sick sailors.
year created
1798
month created
09
day created
14
author
sent from location
Trenton
recipient
in collection
in publication
note
print doc only
notable person/group
James McHenry
Benjamin Stoddert
surgeon
sailors
sick
doctors
troops
notable location
Trenton
Philadelphia
New York
Boston
Newport
Rhode Island
notable idea/issue
treatment
sickness
document number
1798091454200
number of pages
1
Item sets
Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Collection: Printed Versions | [unknown] |
| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Publication: Naval Documents of the Quasi-War | [unknown] |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Benjamin Stoddert | Trenton | [n/a] |
| Recipient | James McHenry | [unknown] | [n/a] |