Apr 27, 2006 - Sale 2077

Sale 2077 - Lot 79

Price Realized: $ 4,600
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Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
(MEDICINE.) MORGAN, JOHN. Autograph Note Signed, a receipt issued to Charles Beatty for the payment of tuition "for his son John to attend my course of Lectures on the theory & practice of Physick." 1 page, approximately 2x6 1/2 inches; trimmed and tipped to a larger sheet. Philadelphia, 7 March 1771
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Morgan (1735-89) with William Shippen founded the medical school of the University of Pennsylvania -- the first medical school in the American colonies. During the Revolution he served as the director-general of the Continental Army's hospital.