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Metadata
Catalog Number |
RG1.B5.F18 |
Object Name |
Diary |
Scope & Content |
Rev. James Sproat, a clergy of the Presbyterian Church, was elected by Congress a chaplain for the hospitals of the Middle Deparatment during the Revolutionary War. This folder contains excerpts from his journals detailing his work at the Yellow Springs hospital and his visits with Dr. Samuel Kennedy and Dr. Bodo Otto and other Revolutionary War physicians. His travels from town and village are noted. |
Creator |
Sproat, Rev. James |
Title |
Sproat, Rev. James (Chaplain) re: Hospital at Yellow Springs |
Collection |
HYS Collection |
Caption |
RG1.B5.F18 |
Classification |
Churches & Temples Diaries Hospitals Inns Medicine Military Ministers Physicians Religion Revolutionary War Soldiers Taverns War |
Condition |
Good |
Credit line |
HYS Collection |
Date |
April 1778 - March 1782 |
People |
Brown, Dr. William Cox, Colonel John Fallon, Dr. James Glentworth, Dr.George Greene, General Hodge, Hugh Kennedy, Dr. Samuel Latimer, Dr. John McIntosh, General Otto, Dr. Bodo Ralston, William Reed, General Joseph Shippen, Dr. Smith, Dr. William Sproat, Captain William Sproat, Col. Ebenezer Sproat, Rev. James Tennent, Dr. G. |
Search Terms |
Churches Hospitals Inns Medicine Physicians Quaker Meeting Houses Religion Revolutionary War Soldiers Taverns Inns War Yellow Springs |
Subjects |
Churches Hospitals Medicine Ministers Physicians Quaker Meeting Houses Religion Religious aspects of war Religious services Revolutionary War Yellow Springs |
Lexicon sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |