11To George Washington from William Shippen, Jr., 13 April 1778 (Washington Papers)
I have the honor to enclose your Excellency a general Return of all the sick & wounded in the hospitals of the united States at the termination of the last campaign. From the most exact accounts Dr Brown the Physician general & myself have been able to collect; the number of our deaths dont exceed 1000 or 1100 men since April 1777, which, considering our want of many necessarys which were not...
12To George Washington from William Shippen, Jr., 5 October 1778 (Washington Papers)
I have the honor to enclose your Excellency a general Return of the sick & wounded in the Hospitals and army of the united States —and have the pleasure to inform you the Hospitals in this district a<re> in the best order & that thei<r> number will soon be reduced two or three, & they will only contain such as are proper objects for a chelsea . I flatter myself the Hospitals in the eastern...
13To George Washington from William Shippen, Jr., 30 December 1778 (Washington Papers)
I have the honor of enclosing you a general return of the sick & wounded in the hospitals of the United States till December. Give me leave Sir to rejoice with you on this day & give thanks that no fatal disease rages in your Army or Hospitals; And to assure you that I am with the truest Esteem & warmest Affection Your Excellencys most obedient & very humbe Servant ALS , DLC:GW . The enclosed...
14To George Washington from William Shippen, Jr., 26 July 1779 (Washington Papers)
Extract of a Letter from Doctor Shippen “It gives me pain to inform you Sir, that I am very fearful that all the Physicians & Surgeons of the Hospitals & Army will resign unless the Congress will attend very soon to their memorials & petitions & put them on an equal footing with the rest of the Army, all whose priviledges are now denied them, and ’tis with difficulty we can prevail on the...
15To George Washington from William Shippen, Jr., 7 Oct. 1779 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found : from William Shippen, Jr., 7 Oct. 1779. On 19 Oct., GW wrote Shippen: “I have received your letter of the 7th instant, inclosing the General Hospital return.”
16To George Washington from William Shippen, Jr., 4 January 1781 (Washington Papers)
As the congress are of opinion that the duties of the Director of the hospitals are incompatible with those of the Professor of Anatomy & finding a great number of young gentlemen from different parts of America waiting here for my course of Lectures—I have sent in my resignation, convinced I can be of much more use to the public, by fitting young gentlemen to act as Surgeons in the army where...
17To George Washington from William Shippen, Jr., 29 April 1781 (Washington Papers)
I beg pardon for delaying so long to return a thousand thanks to your Excellency for your polite & obliging Letter of February 14th. Since I left the public service I flatter myself I have been useful in qualifying young gentlemen for your hospitals & army as well as for private life—I impatiently wait to execute any commands you may still honor me with, & beg your & your good Ladys acceptance...
18To George Washington from William Shippen, Jr., 10 December 1783 (Washington Papers)
Doctr Shippe n s most respectful Compliments to Genl Washington And instead of waiting upon his Excellency in the present ceremonious form takes this method of expressing the great Satisfaction & Joy he feels in his Excellency’s preservation through the manifold, difficult distressing and dangerous exercises he has long been engaged in for his country. And rejoices with him in the...
19To George Washington from William Shippen, Jr., 6 April 1789 (Washington Papers)
The reason of my taking the liberty to enclose a part of my sons Letter to your Excellency & to give you the trouble of reading it you will see in the extract. The Letter is dated London Feby 2. 1789⟨.⟩ I have not shown the part relative to the treaty of commerce to any one. Mr Shippen will leave Europe in August. I rejoice with all the citizens of America at your appointment to the first seat...