CIVIL WAR NAVY SURGEON BUREAU of MEDICINE SURGERY AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED WHELAN

When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.

CIVIL WAR NAVY SURGEON BUREAU of MEDICINE SURGERY AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED WHELAN:
$79.06

WILLIAM WHELAN

(1808 - 1865)

CIVILWAR NAVY SURGEON

3rdCHIEF of the BUREAU of MEDICINE and SURGERY – Appointed by President Franklin Pierceand serving \'till his death in the Civil War!

Whelanconstructed and established naval hospitals at Memphis,TN, Mound City,IL, and New Bern, NC during the Civil War. He alsoestablished the Naval Laboratory in Brooklyn, NY, as well as the first Navy hospital ship, USS Red Rover in 1862!

HERE\'S A RARE 1858 AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY WHELAN written asChief of the Bureau of Medicine & Surgery to Dr. M. Lewis Lanber, LancasterCounty, Ohio, enclosing a copy of the “…Regulations for Admission and Promotionin the Medical Department of the Navy…”

Thedocument is in very good condition and measures 8\" x 10\" The ALS comes with a 2pp. biography.

A RARE ADDITION TO YOUR CIVIL WAR MEDICALMEMORABILIA COLLECTION!

<<>> BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE HONORABLE WILLIAM WHELAN<<>>

The construction and establishment of the naval hospitals at Annapolis, MD (1853) and at Memphis, TN, Mound City, IL, and New Bern, NC in the Civil War.

The establishment of the Naval Laboratory in Brooklyn, NY. The lab, headed by Surgeon Benjamin F. Bache and Passed Assistant Surgeon Edward R. Squibb, experimented with the production of chloroform and ether anesthesia. Squibb’s major contribution was providing the Navy Medical Department with a reliable source of pure pharmaceuticals. In 1857, Dr. Squibb resigned from the Navy and founded the pharmaceutical house that bears his name.

Establishment of the first Navy hospital ship, USS Red Rover in 1862.

I am a proud member of the Universal Autograph Collectors Club(UACC), The Ephemera Society of America, the Manuscript Society and theAmerican Political Items Collectors (APIC) (member name: John Lissandrello). Isubscribe to each organizations\' code of ethics and authenticity is guaranteed.~Providing quality service and historical memorabilia online for over tenyears.~

WE ONLY SELL GENUINE ITEMS, i.e., NO REPRODUCTIONS, FAKES ORCOPIES!