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Autograph document, signed. An itemized statement of the amount owedby the Province of the Massachusetts Bay to Charles Russell for services rendered.

2 ALS. In 1917 letter, expresses his opinion against the employment of capital punishment. In undated letter to Alfred Capus, writes regarding the Comedie Francais, the writer Etienne Dolet, and the actor Constant Coquelin.

Holograph document, signed. Receipt of payment for set of dentures.

ALS. Declines appointment as an army doctor. Promises, however, to take care of the sick and wounded of the department if necessary.

ANS. Informs addressee that a Dr. Morel, physician in chief at the Rouen Asylum, wishes to visit their patient, Leon Guibout.

A collection of diplomas and certificates from the University of Pennsylvania, the Medical Society of Philadelphia, the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, and the American Philosophical Society of Philadelphia, bearing various signatures, including those of A.D. Bache, Franklin Bache, John K. Kane, Robley Dunglison, Philip Syng Physick, Joseph Parrish, Samuel Jackson, John Redman Coxe, Thomas C. James, Robert Hare, William Gibson, William E. Horner, and William Dewees.

ALS relating medical notes and observations.

Letters (ALS), in French and English, relating to professional matters and prescribing treatments, and a portrait of Brown-Séquard.

These documents were separated from Brayton's ledger books, 1882-1913, which have been catalogued separately. One group consists of receipts of purchase and medical supply company contracts. A second group relates to Brayton's efforts to collect on delinquent accounts through the employment of various collection agencies, including the National Mercantile Company, the Whitney Law Corporation, and Everett A. Kingsley.

ALS. Dickens thanks Wilson for the invitation to stay at Wilson's house in Malvern, but informs him that he must regretfully decline. He explains that Mrs. Dickens, who may have been suffering a nervous breakdown at the time, would feel comfortable only in a house of their own.