George Washington Papers

To George Washington from John Morgan, 25 February 1776

From John Morgan

Cambridge, 25 February 1776. Recommends “Doctr Spafford of Col: Nixons Regiment ... for a Commission as Regimental Surgeon.”1

ADS, DNA: RG 93, Manuscript File.

1. Isaac Spofford (Spafford; 1752–1786), who studied medicine under Dr. James Brickett of Haverhill, Mass., was appointed surgeon of Col. John Nixon’s regiment on 5 July 1775. From January 1777 to May 1778 Spofford served as surgeon of the 3d Continental Artillery. He subsequently practiced medicine in Beverly and Wenham, Massachusetts.

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    To George Washington from John Morgan, 25 February 1776
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    Morgan, John
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    Washington, George
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    25 February 1776

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    “To George Washington from John Morgan, 25 February 1776,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-03-02-0266. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 3, 1 January 1776 – 31 March 1776, ed. Philander D. Chase. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1988, p. 360.]

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