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MORGAN, John (1735-1789). A Vindication of his Public Character in the Station of Director-General of the Military Hospitals, and Physician in Chief to the American Army. Boston: Powars and Willis 1777.
A very rare early American imprint – the last copy recorded at auction was sold over one hundred years ago (the Buchler copy, Anderson Galleries, 3 December 1907, lot 288). John Morgan, a founder of the first medical school in colonial America as well as the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia, served as the Chief Physician and Director General of the Continental Army. As Director General, Morgan’s tasks were enormous and thankless, and within two years he was ousted by another physician, William Shippen Jr. Morgan was later vindicated by Congress, after Shippen was charged with fraud, court-martialed, and forced to resign. Evans 15447; Howes M801; Sabin 50653.
Octavo (178 x 100mm). xliii, 158. (Lacking the title page, supplied in manuscript; some browning throughout). Modern calf, paper spine label. Provenance: David King M.D. (pencil inscription).
A very rare early American imprint – the last copy recorded at auction was sold over one hundred years ago (the Buchler copy, Anderson Galleries, 3 December 1907, lot 288). John Morgan, a founder of the first medical school in colonial America as well as the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia, served as the Chief Physician and Director General of the Continental Army. As Director General, Morgan’s tasks were enormous and thankless, and within two years he was ousted by another physician, William Shippen Jr. Morgan was later vindicated by Congress, after Shippen was charged with fraud, court-martialed, and forced to resign. Evans 15447; Howes M801; Sabin 50653.
Octavo (178 x 100mm). xliii, 158. (Lacking the title page, supplied in manuscript; some browning throughout). Modern calf, paper spine label. Provenance: David King M.D. (pencil inscription).