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TUFTS, COTTON, Physician. Autograph letter signed ("Cotton Tufts"), to his daughter. Weymouth, Mass., 15 October 1772. One page, oblong 8vo, a few tiny holes at fold intersections. "My Dear Mr. Shute brought me a very agreeable present, a line from you - and the Latin, which you have sent me in good season - and am well pleas'd with it & with your improvement in writing... Your affectionate father Cotton Tufts."
Cotton Tufts (1732-1815), the nephew of John Tufts, was born in Medford Mass. He not only became the leading pracitioner of Weymouth but was also an important figure in medical, scientific, and political affairs of Massachusetts. He was elected president of the Massachusetts Medical Society in 1787 and represented the town of Weymouth in the meetings against the Stamp Act and voted affirmatively in the Massachusetts convention to ratify the new United States Constitution in 1788. He was a friend of John Adams, whose private affairs he administered while Adams was at his London post.
Cotton Tufts (1732-1815), the nephew of John Tufts, was born in Medford Mass. He not only became the leading pracitioner of Weymouth but was also an important figure in medical, scientific, and political affairs of Massachusetts. He was elected president of the Massachusetts Medical Society in 1787 and represented the town of Weymouth in the meetings against the Stamp Act and voted affirmatively in the Massachusetts convention to ratify the new United States Constitution in 1788. He was a friend of John Adams, whose private affairs he administered while Adams was at his London post.