James McHenry (York Island, Fort Washington) letter to Benjamin Rush (n. p.), 1776 November 2

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Title:
James McHenry (York Island, Fort Washington) letter to Benjamin Rush (n. p.), 1776 November 2
Description:
McHenry details reforms required within the Army's medical department and makes recommendations for restructuring of general and regimental hospitals, controlling fraud in the commissaries, increasing the numbers of nurses and surgeons, and improving the distribution of medicine.
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https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4jr8n
Date:
November 2, 1776
Author:
McHenry, James, 1753-1816
Recipient:
Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813
Identifier:
  • 3d88027cd4fcb5ec8e48e2567ec5e48c
  • rushbenjaminandjulia
  • duke:280629
  • brpst010001
  • ark:/87924/r4jr8n
  • 422a294b-de66-435c-9b29-301f455a314e
Digital Collection:
Benjamin and Julia Stockton Rush Papers
Source Collection:
Benjamin and Julia Stockton Rush papers
Series:
Letters, 1777-1824
Language:
English
Extent:
2 leaves; 8 pages; 24 cm
Location:
Subject:
Format:
correspondence
Provenance:
Gift of Josiah Charles Trent Collection, 1956
Rights:
Free Re-Use
Public Domain
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