Pocket Watch

Item Information

Title:
Pocket Watch
Description:
This Swiss gold repeating pocket watch was presented by Dr. Henry I. Bowditch to Dr. John Collins Warren "with gratitude and respect" upon his retirement from the faculty of Harvard Medical School on March 2, 1847. At Dr. Warren's death, the watch passed to his son, J. Sullivan Warren, and then, at Sullivan's death in 1867, to his nephew, James Dwight. Pocket watch given by Dr. Henry I. Bowditch to Dr. John Collins Warren (1778-1856) and then passed down through the Warren family
Date:
1847
Format:
Objects/Artifacts
Location:
Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection (local):
Boston Medical Library Art and Artifact Collection
Uncataloged Artifacts
Series:
Boston Medical Library Art and Artifact Collection
Subjects:
Warren, John Collins, 1778-1856
Bowditch, Henry I. (Henry Ingersoll), 1808-1892
Pocket Watches
Exhibits: Family Practice
Extent:
1 watch
Link to Item:
http://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/items/show/12793
Terms of Use:
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Notes:
Purchased for the Boston Medical Library, 1998