Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
November 1779
Primary Source Reference:
Du Simitière Memorandum Books, Library of Congress, fol. 52r
Additional Source Text:
"Given by Wilson of the continental hospital at the recommendation of Gen. Mifflin & Dr. Jon. Potts."
Notes:
Orignal is the French word for moose.
The donor, Dr. Goodwin Wilson (d. 1799), was a surgeon who later became director of the Continental medical department in Virginia.
Thomas Mifflin (1744-1800), was an American merchant, soldier, and politician from Philadelphia. He was the first Governor of Pennsylvania (1790 to 1799).
Dr. Jonathan Potts (1745-1781) was medical director-general of the Northern Department of the Continental Army during the Revolution. He studied medicine in Philadelphia (under Dr. Thomas Bond) and Edinburgh, Scotland (with Benjamin Rush). In 1768 he was part of the first class of medical students to be graduated from the College of Philadelphia.
