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Benjamin W. Austin autograph collection

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Call Number:
MSS 2/268
Repository:
Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Extent:
1 folder
Language:
English
Date:
1885-1894 (inclusive)
Creator:
Austin, Benjamin W.
Form:
Autographs and Correspondence
Abstract:

Benjamin W. Austin was Secretary of the Northwestern Literary and Historical Society of Sioux City, Iowa, and later of the Trinity Historical Society of Oak Cliff and Dallas, Texas. Note taken from Benjamin W. Austin papers, 1866-1902 and undated., David M. Rubenstein Rare Book &amp Manuscript Library, Duke University.

This small collection of letters was assembled by Benjamin W. Austin, often functioning as secretary of the Trinity Historical Society in Dallas, Texas, 1885-1894. The letters are from physicians, several of them eclectic or homeopathic, accepting honorary or non resident membership in the society and responding to Austin's request for autographs, photographs, and pamphlets. Some biographical data is included.

Responding physicians are: J. R. Black, Delavan Bloodgood, H. I. Bowditch, Gustav Bruhl, William B. Davis, A. J. De Rosset, W. R. Dunham, George J. Engelmann, A. M. Fauntleroy, Thomas Macomb Flandrau, Corydon L. Ford, Lucius C. Herrick, Henry C. Houghton, Edward W. Jenks, Joseph Jones, Peter Dirck Keyser, Alfred L. Loomis, E. E. Marcy, William F. Norris, F. E. Oliver, Isaac Ott, William Paine, S. Pancoast, Joseph Parrish, C. B. Purvis, C. G. Raue, W. S. W. Ruschenberger, Charles E. de M. Sajous, Edward Shippen, Alexander J. C. Skene, D. D. Slade, Alfred Stille, Joseph M. Toner, Tullio Suzzara Verdi, Alexander Wilder, Leroy Milton Yale, and H. C. Yarrow.

The Benjamin W. Austin autograph collection was purchased for the Historical Collections of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia from David J. Holmes Autographs, of Philadelphia, Pa., on 22 April 1986.

The individual letters were originally catalogued in the Autograph Collection. The collection was reassembled and recatalogued in 1992.

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Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Collection Inventory

Black, J. R. (James Rush) (b. 1827). Autograph letter signed : Newark, Ohio, to B[enjamin] W. Austin, Dallas, Tex., 1887 March 12.
Bloodgood, Delavan (1831-1902)., Autograph letter signed: Norfolk, Va., to Benj[amin] W. Austin, Dallas, Tex., 1887 March 2.
Bowditch, H. I. (Henry Ingersoll) (1808-1892). Autograph letter signed: Boston, Mass., to Benj[amin] W. Austin, Dallas, Tex., 1887 March 2.
Bruhl, Gust[av] (1826-1903). Autograph letter signed: Cincinnati, Ohio, to Ben[jamin] W. Austin, Dallas, Tex., 1887 March 12.
Davis, W[illia]m B. (William Bramwell) (1832-1893). Autograph letter signed: Cincinnati, Ohio, to Ben[jamin] W. Austin, Dallas, Tex., 1890 April 16.
De Rosset, A. J. (Armand John) (1807-1897). Autograph letter signed: Wilmington, N.C., to Ben[jamin] W. Austin, Dallas, Tex., 1889 June 18.
Dunham, W. R. (William Russell) (1833-1911). Autograph letter signed: Stoneham, Mass., to Ben[jamin] W. Austin, Dallas, Tex., 1894 October 8.
Engelmann, Geo[rge] J. (George Julius) (1847-1903). Autograph note signed: St. Louis, Mo., to B[enjamin] W. Austin, [n.p.],, 1885 July 2.
Fauntleroy, A. M. (Archibald Magill) (1837-1886). Autograph letter signed [fragment]: Staunton, Va., to [Benjamin W. Austin, [n.p.],, circa 1886.
Flandrau, Tho[ma]s M[acomb] (1826-1898). Autograph letter signed: Rome, N.Y., to Ben[jamin] W. Austin, Dallas, Tex., 1894 June 10.
Ford, Corydon L. (Corydon La) (1813-1894). Autograph letter signed: Ann Arbor, Mich., to B[enjamin] W. Austin, Dallas, Tex., 1889 December 30.
Herrick, L[ucius] C. (Lucius Carroll) (1840-1903). Autograph letter signed: Columbus, Ohio, to Ben[jamin] W. Austin, Dallas, Tex., 1890 October 6.
Houghton, Henry C. (Henry Clarke) (1837-1901). Autograph letter signed: New York, N.Y., to Ben[jamin] W. Austin, Dallas, Tex., 1894 December 29.
Jenks, Edw[ar]d W. (Edward Watrous) (1833-1903). Autograph letter signed: Detroit, Mich., to Ben[jamin] W. Austin, Dallas, Tex., 1890 December 12.
Jones, Joseph (1833-1896). Autograph note signed: New Orleans, La., to Benjamin W. Austin, Dallas, Tex., 1890 November 6.
Keyser, Peter D[irck] (1835-1897). Autograph letter signed: Philadelphia, Pa., to Ben[jamin] W. Austin,, 1890 December 22.
Loomis, Alfred L. (Alfred Lebbeus) (1831-1895). Autograph letter signed: [n.p.], , to Benjamin W. Austin, Dallas, Tex., circa 1890.
Marcy, E. E. (Erastus Edgerton) (1815-1900). Autograph letter signed: New York, N.Y., to Ben[jamin] W. Austin, Dallas, Tex., 1890 June 9.
Norris, W[illia]m F. (William Fisher) (1839-1901). Autograph note signed: Philadelphia, Pa., to Ben[jamin] W. Austin, Dallas, Tex., 1891 May 4.
Oliver, F. E. (Fitch Edward) (1819-1892). Autograph letter signed: Mattapoisett, Mass., to [Benajmin W. Austin, Dallas, Tex., 1890 July 31.
Ott, Isaac (1847-1916). Autograph letter signed: Easton, Pa., to B[enjamin] W. Austin, Dallas, Tex., 1889 January 19.
Paine, W[illia]m (b. 1821)., Autograph letter signed: Philadelphia, Pa., to Benjamin W. Austin, Dallas, Tex., 1888 November 30.
Pancoast, S. (Seth) (1823-1889). Autograph letter signed: Philadelphia, Pa., to Ben[jamin] W. Austin, Dallas, Tex., 1888 December 1.
Parrish, Joseph (1818-1891). Autograph letter signed: Burlington, N.J., to B[enjamin] W. Austin, Dallas, Tex., 1890 April 2.
Purvis, C. B. (Charles Burleigh) (1841-1929). Autograph note signed: Washington, D.C., to Ben[jamin] W. Austin, Dallas, Tex., 1891 June 17.
Raue, C. G. (Charles Godlove) (1820-1896). Autograph letter signed: Philadelphia, Pa., to Ben[jamin] W. Austin, Dallas, Tex., 1891 May 25.
Ruschenberger, W. S. W. (William Samuel Waithman) (1807-1895)., Autograph letter signed: Philadelphia, Pa., to Benj[amin] W. Austin, Dallas, Tex., 1889 July 9.
Sajous, Cha[rle]s E. [de M.] (Charles Eucharist de Medicis) (1852-1929)., Autograph note signed: Philadelphia, Pa., to Benj[amin] W. Austin, Dallas, Tex., 1891 June 6.
Shippen, Edw[ar]d (1826-1911). Autograph note signed: Philadelphia, Pa., to Benj[amin] W. Austin, Dallas, Tex., 1891 May 28.
Skene, Alex[ander] J. C. (Alexander Johnston Chalmers) (1837-1900)., \tTyped note signed: Brooklyn, N.Y., to Benjamin W. Austin, Dallas, Tex., 1891 May 28.
Slade, D. D. (Daniel Denison) (1823-1896). Autograph note signed: Cambridge, Mass., to Ben[jamin] W. Austin, Dallas, Tex., 1892 August 13.
Stille, Alfred (1813-1900). Autograph letter signed: Philadelphia, Pa., to Ben[jamin] W. Austin, Dallas, Tex., 1890 August 17.
Toner, Joseph M. (Joseph Meredith) (1825-1896). Autograph letter signed: Washington, D.C., to Ben[jamin] W. Austin, Dallas, Tex., 1894 January 19.
Verdi, Tullio Suzzara (1829-1902). Autograph letter signed: Washington, D.C., to Ben[jamin] W. Austin, Dallas, Tex., 1891 May 27.
Wilder, Alexander (1823-1908). Autograph letter signed: Newark, N.J., to Ben[jamin] W. Austin, Dallas, Tex., 1891 March 30.
Yale, Leroy Milton (1841-1906). Autograph letter signed: New York, N.Y., to Ben[jamin] W. Austin, Sioux City, Iowa, 1886 April 14.
Yarrow, H. C. (Henry Crecy) (1840-1929). Autograph note signed: Washington, D.C., to B[enjamin] W. Austin, Dallas, Tex., 1891 June 3.

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