A Guide to the Robert Morris Letter to the Managers of the Pennsylvania Hospital, 1783 November 26
A Collection in the
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation`s
John D.
Rockefeller, Jr. Library
Manuscript Number MS 2005.11
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Access Restrictions
Collection is open to research.
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Preferred Citation
Robert Morris Letter to the Managers of the Pennsylvania Hospital, Manuscript #MS 2005.11, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
Acquisition Information
Purchase, 2005
Biographical/Historical Information
Robert Morris (1734-1806), "the Financier of the American Revolution," was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution, a powerful committee chairman in the Continental Congress, an important figure in Pennsylvania politics, and perhaps the most prominent businessman of his day.
Scope and Content
Robert Morris, serving in the United States Office of Finance, writes to the Managers of the Pennsylvania Hospital asking that they admit patients who can not be discharged upon the closing of an Army hospital in that city.
Arrangement
1 item.
Index Terms
- Morris, Robert, 1734-1806
- Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794
- Pennsylvania Hospital (Philadelphia, Pa.)
- United States-History-Revolution, 1775-1783-Hospitals
- United States-History-Revolution, 1775-1783-Medical care
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Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- United States-History-Revolution, 1775-1783-Hospitals
- United States-History-Revolution, 1775-1783-Medical care