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Finding Aid to the Zuriel and George Waterman Papers, 1774-1817

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Descriptive Summary

Biographical/Historical Note

Collection Summary

Index Terms

Administrative Information

Restrictions

Series Descriptions

Series I: Correspondence, 1780-1801

Series II: Memorandum and Ledger Books, 1775-1817

Series III: Other,


Archives and Modern Manuscripts Program, History of Medicine Division

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Machine-readable finding aid encoded by John P. Rees


Descriptive Summary

Collection Number:MS C 136
Creator:Waterman, Zuriel, 1756-1786
Title:Zuriel and George Waterman Papers
Dates:1774-1817
Quantity:0.4 linear feet
Abstract:Daybooks, correspondence, ledgers and journals pertaining to medical practice, as well as memorandum books kept on board a privateer during the American Revolution.

Biographical/Historical Note

George and Zuriel Waterman were brothers and physicians from Rhode Island. George practiced in Pawtuxet and Cranston, Rhode Island. Zuriel served as a ship's surgeon on several American privateers during the Revolutionary War. After the war, Zuriel lived in Edenton, North Carolina.

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Collection Summary

Daybooks, correspondence, ledgers and journals pertaining to medical practice, as well as memorandum books kept on board a privateer during the American Revolution. Correspondence is chiefly personal and includes letters from Peleg Arnold, Nathaniel Knight, and Benjamin Rhodes.

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Restrictions

Restrictions

Collection is not restricted. Contact the Reference Staff for information regarding access. For online customer service, please visit custserv@nlm.nih.gov.

Copyright

NLM does not possess copyright to the collection. Contact the Reference Staff for details regarding rights. For online customer service, please visit custserv@nlm.nih.gov.

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Index Terms

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MeSH Subjects
Naval Medicine
Personal Names
Waterman, George, 1754-1829

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Waterman, Zuriel. Zuriel and George Waterman Papers. 1774-1817. Located in: Modern Manuscripts Collection, History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD; MS C 136.

Provenance

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Series Descriptions

 

Series I: Correspondence, 1780-1801

BoxFolder
11 Letter of recommendation -- from J. M. Rhodes for Zuriel Waterman, 1780
12 Letters -- from Zuriel Waterman and Benjamin Rhodes [photocopies], 1782
13 Letter -- Jacob Wilds to Zuriel Waterman, 1783
14 Letter -- Zuriel Waterman to George Waterman, 1783
15 Letters -- Benjamin Rhodes to Zuriel Waterman, 1783
16 Letter -- Z. Rhodes to Zuriel Waterman, 1783
17 Letter -- George Waterman to Zuriel Waterman [photocopy], 1783
18 Letter -- Thomas Waterman to Zuriel Waterman, 1784
19 Letter -- Benjamin Rhodes to Zuriel Waterman, 1786
110 Letter -- Peleg Arnold to George Waterman, 1790
111 Letter -- Potter to George Waterman, 1795
112 Letter -- David Warren to George Waterman, 1797
113 Letter -- Nathaniel Knight to George Waterman, 1801
114 Letter -- from George Waterman, n.d.

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Series II: Memorandum and Ledger Books, 1775-1817

BoxFolder
115 Memorandum book -- George Waterman, 1775
116 Commonplace and recipe book -- Zuriel Waterman, 1775-1779
117 Ledgers -- Zuriel Waterman, 1775-1784
118 Journal, 1780
119 Memorandum book for sloop Retaliation; "A Dream" -- Zuriel Waterman, 1780
120 Memorandum book for sloop Retaliation -- Zuriel Waterman, 1780
121 Memorandum book -- Zuriel Waterman, 1781
122 Accounts; case report -- George and Zuriel Waterman, 1782-1786
123 Day book -- George Waterman, 1788-1792
124 Accounts -- George Waterman, 1795-1801
125 Day book -- George Waterman, 1806-1808
126 Day book -- George Waterman, 1809-1817

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Series III: Other,

BoxFolder
127 Poem -- [George Waterman], [ca. 1788]
128 Waterman Papers, Rhode Island Historical Society Library [microfilm], n.d.

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Last reviewed: 02 November 2006
Last updated: 02 November 2006
First published: 28 June 2004
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