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Townsend, David (1753-1829) [Report on Charles McCormick]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01557 Author/Creator: Townsend, David (1753-1829) Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Autograph document signed Date: 1 September 1782 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 20.2 x 17.7 cm. Order a Copy

Writes, "The bearer Charles McCormick of Col. Hazen's Regt. now in Provost has the venereal disease which daily increases in malignity, and will continue to grow worse upon him while he remains in his present situation, where he cannot have the necessary remedies administered for his complaints." Signed by a Dr. [probably David] Townsend, Hospital Surgeon.

McCormick, Charles, fl. 1782
Townsend, David, 1753-1829
Hazen, Moses, 1733-1803

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