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The Fothergills
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The Works of John Fothergill, M.D. ...
2000, Gift of E. Carwile Leroy.
The Works of John Fothergill: A letter to the Medical Society, concerning an astringent gum brought from Africa (1756)
2000, Gift of E. Carwile Leroy.
Chain of Friendship
" Of his friend of many years, Dr. John Fothergill, Benjamin Franklin wrote: ' I can hardly conceive that a better man has ever existed.' Fothergill's letter provide a fascinating perspective of his time- a totally different view from that given by his contemporaries Horace Walpole and Dr. Johnson. The 'Quaker internationalist' (as his editors aptly call him) was during the middle decades of the eighteenth century one of the half dozen leading physicians of London, a horticulturist of great distinction, an educational reformer, a patron of many philanthropic causes, and a tireless friend of Americans and the cause of American rights. He was exceedingly generous as a patron of scientific unde...
