These are primarily letters, with some receipts for medical services rendered included. They relate to the general social and intellectural life of Philadelphia and to publications on medical topics. Many of the letters are introductions to Europeans when Pennock first visited there. Letters dated post-1867 are to relatives and colleagues (?).
Caspar Wistar Pennock was a Philadelphia physician.
General physical description
56 items.
Early American History Note
Much of this collection deals with Caspar Wistar Pennock’s medical practice and travel abroad, especially his time in Paris in the 1830s. There is one interesting letter from Andrew Comstock that references his attempt to foment a revolution (in elocution) in Philadelphia in 1830. There are a few letters in French.
Genre(s)
- Manuscript Essays
- Receipts.
- Travel Narratives and Journals
Geographic Name(s)
- Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs.
Personal Name(s)
- Audubon, John James, 1785-1851
- Bache, Franklin, 1792-1864
- Comstock, Andrew
- Griscom, John, 1774-1852
- Harlan, Richard, 1796-1843
- Hays, Isaac,1796-1879.
- Michaux, Francois André, 1770-1855
- Morton, Samuel George, 1799-1851
- Pennock, C. W.(Caspar Wistar),1799-1867.
- Travers, Benjamin, 1783-1858
- Vaux, Roberts,1786-1836.
Subject(s)
- Americans Abroad
- International Travel
- Medicine
- Medicine.
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