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Letter to Editor
November 10, 1798
Gazette Of The United States, & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
What is this article about?
A committee publicly thanks Doctors Currie and Dewees for their gratuitous medical services to impoverished and diseased patients at the Masters's Place encampment, crediting them with saving lives through philanthropy.
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To Doctors Currie and Dewees, attending Physicians at the Encampment, Masters's Place:—
GENTLEMEN,
We feel ourselves constrained to make a public as well as a private acknowledgement to you, for your humane, steady and unexpectedly gratuitous services in attending the distressed objects under our care, who were not only afflicted with that bitter scourge, poverty, but also disease; many of whom must inevitably have fallen victims to the latter, had it not been for your philanthropy and judicious prescriptions. An expectation of the most ample pecuniary reward, could not have prompted you to a more regular and unremitting attention. But to minds so susceptible as yours, a consciousness of having alleviated the miseries, and been instrumental in preserving the lives of many of your fellow citizens, is the best possible retribution for such meritorious services.
That your lives may be long and prosperous is the sincere wish of your real friends.
John Inkeep,
Jonah Robinson,
Committee.
Isaac W. Morris,
GENTLEMEN,
We feel ourselves constrained to make a public as well as a private acknowledgement to you, for your humane, steady and unexpectedly gratuitous services in attending the distressed objects under our care, who were not only afflicted with that bitter scourge, poverty, but also disease; many of whom must inevitably have fallen victims to the latter, had it not been for your philanthropy and judicious prescriptions. An expectation of the most ample pecuniary reward, could not have prompted you to a more regular and unremitting attention. But to minds so susceptible as yours, a consciousness of having alleviated the miseries, and been instrumental in preserving the lives of many of your fellow citizens, is the best possible retribution for such meritorious services.
That your lives may be long and prosperous is the sincere wish of your real friends.
John Inkeep,
Jonah Robinson,
Committee.
Isaac W. Morris,
What sub-type of article is it?
Emotional
Ethical Moral
What themes does it cover?
Health Medicine
Social Issues
Morality
What keywords are associated?
Thank You Letter
Physicians
Philanthropy
Poverty
Disease
Encampment
Masters Place
What entities or persons were involved?
Committee: John Inkeep, Jonah Robinson, Isaac W. Morris
Doctors Currie And Dewees, Attending Physicians At The Encampment, Masters's Place
Letter to Editor Details
Author
Committee: John Inkeep, Jonah Robinson, Isaac W. Morris
Recipient
Doctors Currie And Dewees, Attending Physicians At The Encampment, Masters's Place
Main Argument
the committee expresses gratitude for the doctors' free and dedicated medical care to the poor and sick, emphasizing their philanthropy as superior to any monetary reward.
Notable Details
Humane, Steady And Unexpectedly Gratuitous Services
Afflicted With Poverty And Disease
Philanthropy And Judicious Prescriptions
Alleviated The Miseries And Preserved Lives