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Size | 2 items |
Abstract | Frederick Jones Hill (1790-1861) of Brunswick County, N.C., and Wilmington, N.C., was a student at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York, N.Y. The collection includes a notebook (174 pages) containing notes made by Hill as a student of lectures delivered by David Hosack (1769-1835), and memoranda about examinations, the weather, and conversations with Hosack; and a manuscript copy of Hill's will. |
Creator | Hill, Frederick Jones, 1790-1861. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, January 2009
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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Frederick Jones Hill (1790-1861) of Brunswick County and Wilmington, N.C., was a planter, North Carolina state legislator, and member of the state convention of 1835. He was a student at the University of North Carolina and attended College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York, N.Y., 1811-1812, where he studied under David Hosack (1769-1835).
David Hosack had a distinguished career in medical practice and teaching and was prominent in the social and cultural life of New York City.
Back to TopThe collection contains a notebook (174 pages) containing notes made by Frenderick Hill when he was a student at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of lectures delivered by David Hosack on various diseases and branches of medicine, and memoranda about examinations, the weather, and conversations with Hosack; and a manuscript copy of Hill's will.
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Original finding aid |
Will, 1860 |
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Folder 2 |
Notebook, 1811-1812 |
Reel M-2469/1 |
Microfilm |