James McHenry (York Island, Fort Washington) letter to Benjamin Rush (n. p.), 1776 November 2

Containers:
Box 1, Folder 10
Creator:
McHenry, James, 1753-1816
Extent:
2 Leaves
Physical description:
8 pages; 24 cm
Scope and content:

McHenry details reforms required within the Army's medical department and makes recommendations for restructuring of general and regimental hospitals, controlling fraud in the commissaries, increasing the numbers of nurses and surgeons, and improving the distribution of medicine.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Josiah Charles Trent Collection, 1956

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