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Personal Name Recipient
Joynes, L. S. (Levin Smith)
Date
1864-09-05
Description
Letter from John D. Jackson to L. S. Joynes recommending John W. Templeton as a medical student.
Transcription
In Camp with Johnsons Br[i]g[ade] near Chaffin's Bluff Sept[ember] 5th 1864 Dr. Joynes D[ear] Sir In this mornings "Examiner" I noticed an advertisement of the "Annual Course of Lectures of the Medcial College of Va." I will be obliged to you if you will send me a copy of the Catalogue There has been with me for the past two years, a young man Mr. John W. Templeton an hospital Steward appointed by the Sec[retary] of War Who if it be at all possible I should like very much to have the benefit of a course of Lectures this session. He has attended one course of Lectures at Nashville Tenn[essee], and been connected with the Medical Dep[ar]t[ment] of the Army since the battle of "Shiloh," is of the good mind, sufficently good priliminary education of good morals, and very deligent, and thoroughly trustworthy in the discharge of his duties. When the war is over he will be compelled to rely entirely upon his own individual execrtions for a live- lihood, and if it be possible I should like to procure him an opportunity of attending the ensuing course of Lectures at your Institution with a view to gradu - ation and dutiance into the Army next Spring, as Ass[istan]t Surgeon I shall dislike very much to loose the services of as intelligent and trustworthy a person as he is, as my "hospital stewards," feeling confident that I will not easily have his place refilled, but my regard for his future welfare induces me to lay aside any consideration of temporary inconvenience on my part, and to request you to inform me whether it would be possible to get him transfered to "Hospital Duty" in the city with an opportunity of attending the College or if you know of any way in which the end in view may be accomplished. Any trouble on your part I am sure would be greatfully appreciated by a young man,(at pres - ent ignorant of any effort in his behalf) who may prove an ornament to our profession, and I am sure will never disgrace it, and also by. Yours most sincerely John D. Jackson Sen[io]r Surg[eon] Johnson's Br[i]g[a]d[e] Dep[artmen]t of Richmond [Addressed:] To L.S. Joynes M.D. Dean of Faculty of "V[irgini]a Med[ical] College" Dr, John D. Jackson Senior [crossout Chief] Surgeon Johnson's Brig[ade] Sept. 5, 1864 Relating to transfer of a Hospital Steward to Richmond
Personal Name Subject
Templeton, John W.
Corporate Name Subject
Medical College of Virginia -- History -- 19th century
Topical Subject
Medical colleges -- Virginia -- Richmond -- History -- Archives
Geographic Subject
Richmond (Va.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Archives
Corporate Medical Subject
Medical College of Virginia -- history
Topical Medical Subject
Schools, Medical -- history -- Virginia
City/Location
Richmond (Va.)
Original Item Size
3 p.
Genre
letters of recommendation
Local Genre
text; archives
Type
Text
Digital Format
application/pdf
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Rights
This material is in the public domain in the United States and thus is free of any copyright restriction. Acknowledgement of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is requested.
Collection
Sanger Historical Files (1859-1865), Excerpts
Physical Folder
Civil War Hospital Stewards
Source
Original letter: Letter from John D. Jackson to L. S. Joynes, 1864 September 5; War, Civil Hospital Stewards; Sanger Historical Files, Accession Number # 82/Jan/1, Special Collections and Archives, VCU Health Sciences Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va.
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