Ticket granting privileges to the Marine Hospital at Charlestown, with engraving

Item Information

Title:
Ticket granting privileges to the Marine Hospital at Charlestown, with engraving
Description:
Paper ticket granting medical privileges to the Marine Hospital at Charlestown by "The Physician of the Marine Hospital, Charlestown." Ticket adorned with rust-orange engraving that depicts the hospital and a vessel off-loading a wounded sailor. The inscription reads, "Custom House - Boston / 18(blank) / Sir, the bearer (blank) is entitled to the / privileges of the Marine Hospital. / Your Ob't Servant, / (blank) Collector. / The Physician of the Marine Hospital, Charlestown }." Paper ticket granting medical privileges to the Marine Hospital at Charlestown with engraving of the facility.
Date:
1804–1824
Location:
Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection (local):
Harvard Medical Library
Series:
Harvard Medical Library
Subjects:
Marine Hospital at Charlestown
United States--History--War of 1812
Link to Item:
http://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/items/show/6143
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Notes:
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Identifier:
0001697