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Correspondence: British, 19th-20th centuries. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.
Miscellaneous letters originally presented to the Royal College of General Practitioners as three small collections.
1. Berry, George Andreas, Sir (1853-1940), eye specialist: 1 autograph letter, signed.
2. Crosbie, B.H., Father (fl. 1853), Roman Catholic priest: 1 autograph letter, signed, sending Christmas greetings and describing the state of his chapel in Baddesley Green.
3. and 4. Dunhill, Thomas, Sir, F.R.C.S. (1876-1957), surgeon: 1 typed letter, signed, to F. M. Walker (see also no.6) thanking him for a cheque, plus typed receipt signed over a stamp (no.3), 1928; envelope addressed to Sir Thomas Dunhill in an uncertain hand, address pasted over an earlier version (no.4).
5. Himsworth, Henry (fl. 1888), Northumberland gentleman: 1 autograph letter, signed.
6. Marrison, Arthur Wilson (fl. 1922-1978), medical man of Manea, Cambridgeshire: 1 autograph letter, signed, to F.M. Walker (see no.3).
7. Moule, Handley Carr Glyn (1841-1920), Bishop of Durham: 1 autograph letter, signed, 1910.
8. Page, Frederick, F.R.C.S. (1840-1919), Professor of Surgery, Durham University: 1 autograph letter, signed, 1903.
9. Paul, James (fl. 1869), gardener: Application for the post of drawing-master, Berwick-upon-Tweed Academy.
10. Percy, Henry George, 7th Duke of Northumberland (1846-1918): 1 manuscript letter in the third person, 1905.
11. Philipson, George, Sir, F.R.C.P. (1836-1918), Professor of Medicine, Durham University: 1 autograph letter, signed, 1901.
12. Phipps, Constantine Charles Henry, 3rd Marquess of Normanby (1846-1932): 1 autograph letter, signed, 1911.
13. Treves, Frederick, Sir (1853-1923), surgeon: 1 autograph letter, signed, to a Newcastle doctor, giving news of a patient shortly to come under the latter's care, 1898.
14-18. Wilson, Walter (fl. 1819-1821), surgeon, Arbroath: Photocopies of 5 autograph letters, signed, to his uncle George Bowman. Original items dated 1819-1821; dates of copies not known.
19. Unidentified person stated on the donor's original covering note to have been Portuguese: 1 autograph letter in broken English, signed, requesting a doctor to visit him.
20. Unidentified female inmate of Northumberland County Asylum, Morpeth: 1 autograph letter, unsigned and ending abruptly as if a further sheet is missing, describing her belief that she is being killed by inches through the gradual removal of parts of her body, 1896.
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