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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.03282 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0077] January-August 1786 |
| Title | John McDowell to William North about surgeons in the Fort McIntosh area |
| Date | 22 July 1786 |
| Author | McDowell, John (fl. 1786) |
| Recipient | North, William |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Military document |
| Content Description | Addressed to "Major North," William North, a Major and Inspector of the Army. Written from Fort McIntosh, located in present-day Beaver, Pennsylvania. Writes to discuss how best to equip surgeon's mates in the Fort McIntosh area. Argues that since most surgeon's mates are stationed "at such a distance from each other that assistance cannot be given in cases of immediate necessity," they should be equipped with pocket instruments and amputation kits so they may do their duty. Adds that the equipment they do have is in bad repair: "There is but one set of amputating & one set of pocket instruments in the department. There is neither phials, corks, link, [tow?] or bandages, some part of the medicines sent on is unsaleable stuff that has lay in shops for a number of years and is really good for nothing." Wishes that the Quartermaster might be empowered, on orders from Colonel [Josiah] Harmar, to furnish these stores when necessary. Copy, written in the hand of War Department secretary Robert Pemberton and signed by him for McDowell. |
| Subjects | Frontiers and Exploration Military History Military Supplies Health and Medical Fortification Injury or Wound Disease Drugs |
| People | McDowell, John (fl. 1786) North, William (1755-1836) |
| Place written | Beaver, Pennsylvania |
| Theme | Government & Politics; Westward Expansion; Health & Medicine |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |