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ALS. Sends a copy of his latest work.

ALS and two clippings. The first clipping puts forth W.T.G. Morton's claim to the discovery of the anaesthetic properties of ether. In a letter to Joseph Hale Abbot, Jackson remarks bitterly on this public campaign, led by Drs. Bowditch and Bigelow. Jackson counters in the second clipping with his own claim to the discovery, as substantiated by several foreign juries.

ALS. Invites Hume to pay a call. Refers to a Sir Robert Crawford.

TLS. Thanks Sir D'Arcy for loan of his copies of "the Leechdoms", probably referring to Thomas Oswald Cockayne's "Leechdoms, wortcunning, and starcraft of early England."

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.