Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-05-19

,,oAanrr has hitherto been neid sacred III the
CREATES, marty ,apc-not only IN poslucs, P"'
Tetciop. He has forrri,cd oil The respect oil Sd.
cie,iss. and Of men. Into what companies VIII
he hereafter go with an unemharrassed ace, .,
the horest iutrcpiduy It virturf Men WIZ
watch him with Jealous eye-'hey Wi! hi''
their papers from him, ant. lock mp tHelr Is
c:i,oires. He will hcnceIorth esteem II ah's'
TO be called man Of letters ~,
The man who procursd The letters Tor + rahN-
lin, seems was Dr.. Hugh Williamson; wnose
biography has been furnished for this work "'
Dr. Hossack Being al this lime IN l'o""",''
and suspecring that clahdesune coffesfo"'
ence hostile 10 the interests OF tie colohieS " %
carried ON between Hutchinson and cer'al"
leading members Of the British Cabinet ne
determined 10 ascertain the truth by ooa ca
pertinent.
ole learned that Governor IIutchinson's
letters we're deposited in an Office different from
ina, in which they ought regularly TO have been
placea"-"he immediately repaired TO II, ana
addressing hi:nseI. 10 zoe chief clerk, not ind
ing the principal within. Assuming the dc'
meanor OF official impor, auce, he percmpioii'y
stated thai he had come for the last letters 'nai
nd been received from Governor Hutchinson
and Mr.. Oliver, noticing The Office in winch
they ought regularly 10 have been placed
Without any question being asked, The letters
were delivered. The clerk, doubtless snppos-
ed him to be an authorized! person hom some
O; her Office. DR.. Williams immediately Carr
ricd them TO Dr.. Franklin, and The next day
left London FOR Holland"
The work Is dedicated 10 the venerable pa
triarch DR.. HoIyoke OF Salem, who will com
piete his hundredlh year, on the twelih y!
August Mex. In The 4l2'h page, Is the copy
Of letter from him, written, says the h!ogra>
pher, with his Own pen, when IN The 99'h year
Of his age. The letter is clear and pertinent,
and it would have been gratifying, bad fac
smils Of the autograph been printed.
Among other advantages OF biographical
sketches Of eminent professional men, is the
Information they necessarily communicate re-
specirg the state and cultivation OF professions
al science during their lifetime. With some
care aud allcnti II, the history 81 medicine IN
America may be gathered from the bioS hy
OF the principal teachers oil The science con-
taned in his book. The reader Is, however,
spared the pains Of collecting facts AID obsCr-
va.ions scattered iii this manner through the
volume, and ar angling them III order: TIC an-
thor has done This; and i, is believed faithfully
done il, hinself, adding here and there such ~
formation drawn from other sources, as serve
10 make il y continued and well connected his
tory Of medical science in our county, down 10
the prcaen, day, This part of,the work occu-
pies eighty five pages, the remaining $50 pa
ges being fiic with the biography OF eminent
physicians, arr anged alphabetically, from DR..
) ,ruucl Fuller who landed from The May
Flower with he pig inns in 1920, 10 DIR. sam
uel D>nturIh, who died in N1vemhrr 1927.
Several of them are accompanied with he IDS
executed H. sfyie ihst dos credit 10 the hth :
ceraphv Of Nj: Pendle'on, AMI II drawn as
faithfully il al as, S, as in lhe few Of which we
can spcik contiirny ir IN personal arquan''
,nre with the orig in,is, they may be pro-
nounced excel, Mt kencsses the book viii
be ,alu ,bic acquisition 10 the library oil ewes
nv gentleman. Ii is written III s'yle more
uniform Than could have been expected, conSld-
ering the grea, number Of its contributors,
which can only DC ace ounted tor on the suppo-
sition th4t every peice received finishing
polish from The hands Of the blrgrapher Ii
required 10 Indicate impertcc tinns In toe work
we could hardly think Of one, unless II be ,hat
some Of the memoirs are drawn out TO a dis
prnportiona,e length, by the nand VI dotirg
relative, or an over grateful patient.
DR.. Thachcr is entitled to the gratitude OF
the profession, and Of all Other persons who
feel an interest in favour o! those whose memo
~ he has letrie we'd from the downward march
TO oblivion MAY his industry and failhtu!ncss
in the work meet Just reward, and the even
lag Of his lie We cheered by such indications OF
high consideration and gratitude, as Shall as
sure HIM tina, his labour, so valuable - the
public, hath not been in vain unto himsclf